research proposal paper. Please attach PDF copies of sources used
Guidelines for the Proposal Paper Assignment Topics: The overarching theme for this semester is…COVID19! You may be sick of COVD19 (pun intended) but it is a very rich area of biopsychology related research. First, you must first choose a 2020 or 2021 article focused on COVID19 research related to topics covered in this course. Pretend that you are a new graduate student in the laboratory of the primary investigator heading up the research discussed in your chosen article. You must propose ‘the next step’ in the research presented. You should not parrot the follow-up work often suggested in the discussion section of an article. Come up with something fresh that would keep you busy over the next year as a research scientist. Why should that lab, or NSF, or the NIH or some other research funding agency or foundation fund you and your work? You cannot work directly with any of your colleagues on this assignment but you can discuss ideas and help each other with editing. You should read and discuss other articles that have been published in any other year that may shed light on your focal article and bolster your ideas. Do not use secondary sources for this task such as your textbook – your support articles must be primary sources from peer-reviewed scientific journals. We will discuss in class, and I will post a video walking you through the process of finding research papers. Form: Your paper should be at least eight double-spaced typed pages using 12pt Times New Roman, and 1 inch margins on all sides not including references. Quality is more important than quantity. This being said, you should fully use the allotted space. State the purpose of your study and include a reference list. Cite only papers that you have read and use a standardized referencing system (e.g. APA, Chicago, etc.). It is up to you to maintain digital copies of your work in the unlikely event that a paper becomes lost or eaten. *Please note that we use plagiarism detection software to check all papers.*