Phd research proposal timetable

For one, you have a deadline. You cannot do the PhD forever. You have to work on days you don’t want to work, because otherwise you won’t finish. But there are days you can colour code purple for, say, ‘research’ and wake up and know there is no way you’re going to be doing research today, thanks.

Most days, it’s going to be a combination of the colour coded worksheet and the procrastination. That’s alright, it balances. Other days, you are going to procrastinate every single second you are awake and get nothing done. Still other days you are going to get so involved in something you’ll work for hours.

Since you are going to be investing a minimum of three years of your life working hard on your PhD, a few days spent researching and writing a thorough research proposal is a small initial investment to make.

The thing about the PhD research proposal is that you have to encapsulate everything that you want to accomplish, communicate in a concise way what you want to do, the resources that it will require, and finally you have to convince the reader of the viability and necessity of the project.