申请英国博士可能被拒绝的几个理由

申请英国博士可能被拒绝的几个理由

可能理由：

Nature of the Problem (18.1%)

▲ It is doubtful that new or useful information will result from the project (14%)

【研究课题不新颖或者没有用】

▲The basic hypothesis is unsound (3.5%)

【基本假设不成立】

▲The proposed research is scientifically premature due to the present inadequacy of supporting knowledge (0.6%)

【据现有知识，研究课题不成熟】

Approach to the Problem (38.9%)

▲ The research plan is nebulous, diffuse and not presented in concrete detail (8.6%)

【研究计划不清楚，没重点】

▲ The planned research is not adequately controlled (3.7%)

【研究计划不可控】

▲ Greater care in planning is needed (25.2%)

1. The research plan has not been carefully designed (11.8%)

【研究计划设计得不严谨】

2. The proposed methods will not yield accurate results (8.8%)

【研究方法不能得出准确的结果】

3. The procedures to be used should be spelled out in more detail (4.6%)

【程序步骤啥的不够详细】

▲ A more thorough statistical treatment is needed (0.7%)

【数据处理不够周密】

▲The proposed tests require more individual subjects than the number given (0.7%)

【试验的个体受试者没有规定的多】

Competence of the Investigators (38.2%)

▲ The applicants need to acquire greater familiarity with the pertinent literature (7.2%)

【申请人对相关的文献不够了解】

▲ The problems to be investigated are more complex than the applicants realize (10.5%)

【研究问题比申请人意识到的要复杂得多】

▲ The applicants propose to enter an area of research for which they are not adequately trained (12.8%)

【申请人打算进入一个没有任何经验的研究领域】

▲ The principal investigator intends to give actual responsibility for the direction of a complex project to an inexperienced co-investigator (0.9%)

【主要研究者选了一个猪一样的队友】

▲The reviewers do not have sufficient confidence in the applicants to approve the present application, largely based on the past efforts of the applicants (6.8%)

【导师不信任申请人有这个能力】

Conditions of the Research Environment (4.8%)

▲ The investigators will be required to devote too much time to teaching or other non-research duties (0.9%)

【研究者不能保证足够的精力投入】

▲ Better liaison is needed with colleagues in collateral disciplines (0.4%)

【没有相关学科同事之间的沟通交流】

▲ Requested expansion on continuation of a currently supported research project would result in failure to achieve the main goal of the work (3.5%)

【对现有研究计划的展开研究有可能会失败】

以上是The National Institute of Health 根据700份Research Proposal得出的数据

还有这几个小错误，记得检查规避一下。

▲ 18% forgot to number the pages【忘记编页码】

▲ 73% forgot to include a table of contents【忘记写目录】

▲ 81% had no abstract【没有摘要】

▲ 20% failed to list the objectives of the project【没有列出研究目标】

以上是The Bureau of Occupational and Vocational Education comparable study根据353份Research Proposal得出的数据

好了，关于 research proposal 这件事儿就说到这里啦。