2.4 The Proposal (the prescribed format)

The proposal's-anatomy (the standard-sections):SectionContentThe examiner's-eyeTitleThe precise (the narrowed (the question-implied))The topic-instantly- graspableStatement of the problemThe gap/the issue (the why-this-matters (the context- brief))The significance-justifiedResearch questionsThe 2-4 questions (the funnel's-output)The answerable-shapedObjectivesThe matched-list (the questions-as-aims)The coherent-pairingHypothesis (if any)The tentative-answer (the doctrinal-often-none (the empirical-often-yes))The testable-framedLiterature review (brief)The existing-work-mapped (the gap-located)The contribution- identifiedMethodologyThe doctrinal/the empirical/the-mixed (the U4's-own- detail)The methods-fit-the- questionsChapter schemeThe tentative-contents (the 5-7 chapters)The architecture- plausibleBibliography (tentative)The sources-listed (the primary-first (the secondary- second))The sources-sufficientTimelineThe weeks-mapped (the milestones)The feasibility-credibleThe craft-notes: the proposal-the-contract (the approved-then-the-boundary (the changes-with- the-supervisor's-consent (the drift-the-danger)))+ the honest-hedges (the scope-limited-admitted (the limitations-acknowledged (the over-promising-the-proposal's-classic-flaw (the modest-and- done > the grand-and-unfinished))));