PHD Proposal Template

PhD Research Proposal
TITLE OF SYNOPSIS
SUBMITTED BY STUDENT NAME

PhD Scholar
RESEARCH SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR NAME

Designation
Signature
ADVANCED STUDY & RESEARCH BOARD
(Convener)
(Member) (Member)
(Member) (Member)
(Member) (Member)
Department of IT
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Abstract
[200-250 words]
Keywords [4 to 6 words]
2
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION [2000 – 2500 WORDS].................................................................................................4

2. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION [800 – 1000 WORDS]..................................................................................4
2.1 RESEARCH MOTIVATION...........................................................................................................................4
2.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT..............................................................................................................................4
2.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS..............................................................................................................................4
2.4 HYPOTHESIS OF STUDY.............................................................................................................................4
3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES [300 – 500 WORDS].....................................................................................4
4. RELATED WORK [4000 – 5000 WORDS]................................................................................................4
4.1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE...........................................................................................................................4
4.2 RESEARCH GAP/ DEFICIENCY...................................................................................................................4
5. CURRENT WORK [2000-2500 WORDS]..................................................................................................5
5.1 PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS.....................................................................................................5
5.2 PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS AND RESULTS.............................................................................................5
5.3 PROPOSED CONTRIBUTION........................................................................................................................5
1- Theoretical contributions:...............................................................................................................5
2- Empirical contributions:..................................................................................................................5
3- Practical contributions:...................................................................................................................5
5. WORK PLAN [500-600 WORDS]...............................................................................................................5
5.1 DELIVERABLES DETAILS..........................................................................................................................6
6. CONCLUSIONS[300-400 WORDS]............................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................................6
3
1. Introduction [2000 – 2500 words]
Introduce your proposed research in this section. This chapter presents the background of
the major concepts of your research proposal.
2. Problem Description [800 – 1000 words]
2.1 Research Motivation

Discuss motivation or rationale of your proposed research.
2.2 Problem Statement

Give your problem statement here.
2.3 Research Questions

Then describe your problen in terms of research questions
2.4 Hypothesis of Study

State your resaerch hypothesis, etc.
3. Research Objectives [300 – 500 words]

State major and minor objectives of your proposed research that your aim to achieve at the
end of your study.
4. Related Work [4000 – 5000 words]

4.1 Review of Literature
Write critical review of at least 25- 30 research papers relevant to your research
4.2 Research Gap/ Deficiency
4
Discuss the research gap identified in the survey of literature review.
5. Current Work [2000-2500 words]

Briefly discuss the current work done such that initial prototype, preliminary results, etc.
5.1 Proposed Implementation Details

List of tools, libraries packages, modules to be used in proposed implementation.
5.2 Preliminary Experiments and Results

Discuss experiment settings, experiment apparatus, and results of the preliminary
experiments.
5.3 Proposed Contribution

Discuss the contributions of your proposed research work that is important for several
reasons:
1- Theoretical contributions: approach, algorithm, framework, protocol, etc.
2- Empirical contributions: Hypothesis to be proved.
3- Practical contributions: A prototype, tool or a library that is output of the
research.
5. Work Plan [500-600 words]

Define Work Packages/Milestones of your research work and fill the following table or
provide a Gantt chart of your research.
Year 2019 2020 2021

N D J F M A J J A S N D J F
M O
Months Oct o e a e a p
ay
u u u e
ct
o e a e Mar
v c n b r r n l g p v c n b
Activities
WP 1 – Proposal Submission 01 Oct – 15 Dec
15 Nov – 15
WP 2 – Jan
15 Dec – 28
WP 3 – Feb
01 Mar – 31
WP 4 – May
WP 5 – Evaluation Phase 01 Jun – 15 Nov
5
WP 6 – Start PhD Dissertation 16 Nov – 29 Feb
01
WP 7 – Thesis Write up Mar
Table 5.1 – Gantt chart illustrating the Work plan
5.1 Deliverables Details
Table 5.2 shows the list of deliverables and tentative dates of completion.
Table 5.2 – Gantt chart illustrating the Work plan
Deliverables Completion Date Status

Report 1 / (Research Proposal) Completed
Publication Presentation at IEEE 2019
Publication Journal Publication
Report 2 Due
Publication Conference Paper – 2019
Report 3 Due
Publication Journal Publication 2020
Final Thesis August 2021 Due
You can provide list of conferences and journals targeted for dissemination/publication
of your PhD research work.
6. Conclusion [300-400 words]
12-15 lines of conclusion of the proposal.
References
30 to 35 references in APA style

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SUBMITTED BY STUDENT NAME

RESEARCH SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR NAME

ADVANCED STUDY & RESEARCH BOARD

1. INTRODUCTION [2000 – 2500 WORDS].................................................................................................4

2. Problem Description [800 – 1000 words]

2.1 Research Motivation

2.2 Problem Statement

2.3 Research Questions

2.4 Hypothesis of Study

3. Research Objectives [300 – 500 words]

4. Related Work [4000 – 5000 words]

4.2 Research Gap/ Deficiency

5. Current Work [2000-2500 words]

5.1 Proposed Implementation Details

5.2 Preliminary Experiments and Results

5.3 Proposed Contribution

5. Work Plan [500-600 words]

Year 2019 2020 2021

Table 5.1 – Gantt chart illustrating the Work plan

5.1 Deliverables Details

Deliverables Completion Date Status

6. Conclusion [300-400 words]

12-15 lines of conclusion of the proposal.

30 to 35 references in APA style

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