Format for PhD applications

A successful research proposal addresses the following points:

General information

1. Research institute:
- CLCG = Center for Language and Cognition Groningen
- GIA = Groningen Institute of Archaeology
- ICOG = Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture

2. Research centre (to be found under the links above)

3. Full name of candidate (+ academic title + MA discipline)

4. (Preliminary) Title of research proposal

The project proposal

1. short description of the project

• what do you want to find out?
• what will you do to get there?

2. position of the project within the discipline

• how does it connect to existing theory?
• what does it promise to contribute?

3. short description of the data (texts, corpus, etc.) that you will use or collect

• why these materials?

4. short description of the project's research method

• why this method?

5. short statement of the relevance of the project

• what is its urgency?
• how is it innovative?
• (if applicable) what practical purposes may be served by its results?

6. statement of a provisional timetable

• when will you do what?
• what will you produce when?

7. statement of expected expenses

• specific research costs, research trips, conference visits, stay abroad

8. description of the required research environment

• who will you be working with?
• what kind of research training do you need?

N.B.: The project proposal should not exceed a length of 2000 words (excluding the list of references).