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• Concept paper


  A summary document of a project proposal that tells what the project is all about, the reasons for conducting the project and how it will be carried out
• Concept paper


  • Provides an overview of the project
  • Helps funding agencies eliminate proposals that are likely to be disapproved
  • Serves as a foundation of the full proposal
  • Determines whether the project is feasible or not
  • Piques the interest of the potential funding agencies
  • Obtains informal feedback on the ideas prior to preparing the full proposal
  • Helps in addressing social issues which plague our society
• Concept paper submission


  Proponents are requested to submit a summary of what the project is all about, the reasons for conducting the project, and how it will be carried out
• Concept paper


  • Only four or five pages long and focuses on the visualization and expression of the basic ideas that should drive the project
  • Serves as a prelude to a full paper, which may be a thesis, a program, a project, or anything that will require a longer time to prepare
• Parts of a concept paper

  • Cover Page
  • Introduction
  • Rationale or Background
  • Project Description
• Parts of a concept paper for academic research

  • Title Page
  • Background of the Study
  • Preliminary Literature Review
  • Statement of the Problem/Objectives
  • Methodology
  • Timeline
  • Reference
• Guidelines in writing a concept paper

  • Cost and methodology should be reasonable
  • The budget, methodology, and timeline should be clearly aligned
  • Use no more than five double-spaced pages excluding the cover page and bibliographies. Do not overwhelm the readers with details
  • Adjust your language to the intended readers
  • Be sure that basic format details, such as page numbers, are incorporated. Cite your references
• • Cover Page contains

  Proponent’s name

  Proponent’s contact number, email address

  Proponent’s agency Date of submission
• Cover Page contains

  
  

  • Proponent’s name
  • Proponent’s contact number, email address
  • Proponent’s agency
  • Date of submission
• Introduction contains

  Short description of proponent’s agency, major   accomplishments and capability to undertake the   proposed project.

  Reasons why the funding agency should support the   project
• Rationale or Background contains

  • State the problem to be solved
  • State the project’s significance
• Background of the Study contains

  State the field you are researching on

  State the problems to be addressed by the   research, provide statistics and previous studies   to prove your claim

  Reasons in conducting the research

  Theoretical and practical implications
• •Preliminary Literature Review contains

  Provide theoretical framework

  Provide major related literature review at least 5

  Provide brief synthesis of the reviewed literature and studies.
• Statement of the Problem/Objectives contains

  • State the general problem in one sentence
  • State your specific research questions of objective
• •Methodology contains

  Context and participants of the study

  Instruments to be used

  Data collection procedures

  Data analysis scheme to be used
• Timeline contains

  • Duration of the research (Gantt chart)
• Reference contains

  • List of books, journals, and other resources cited in your paper