Proofread and edit your research proposal to success

What is a research proposal?

A research proposal is an important academic document that provides a concise, informative and coherent outline of a proposed research study. It is submitted as part of an application for a place on a doctoral or master's course.

Why is editing your research proposal essential?

A research proposal has to be crafted in line with a number of guidelines related to structure, layout, length, content, and language. Compliance with these guidelines will increase the prospects of your admission on the academic programme or degree you are interested in.

Prospects, the academic assistance website, has summed it up very nicely by advising aspiring PhD and Master’s students to ensure: “The research proposal has been proofread by both an experienced academic (to confirm that it conforms to academic standards) and a layman (to correct any grammatical or spelling errors)”.

As a specialist academic proofreading services UK provider, we have a dedicated team of editors and proofreaders who will help you submit a research proposal that meets all the language requirements and criteria set by the university you are applying to.

At the Ultimate Proofreader, we have provided hundreds of aspiring PhD and MA students with bespoke research proposal proofreading services.  

How do we proofread and copy-edit your research proposal?

We peruse your research proposal to:

• Correct your language
  
• Help articulate your ideas
• Improve your style of presentation
• Ensure compliance with all guidelines

Grammar, spelling, punctuation

If you are aspiring to obtain a doctoral or master's degree, your research proposal must not include any grammatical or punctuation errors or typos. 

This is where we come in and help. Our specialist academic proofreaders will check your PhD or Master's thesis research proposal manuscript thoroughly for any errors related to punctuation, grammar or spelling, whether in a title, headline, sub-heading or body of the text. 

If you are rushing to meet a deadline or you are not quite confident about your English writing, it is more likely that your research proposal does include SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) errors which need to be fixed before submission.

If you are applying for a UK university, we will ensure your English is British and if you are applying for an American university, we will ensure your English is American.

Language, style and clarity

As part of our comprehensive editing and proofreading services UK for research proposals, our academic copy-editors go beyond the correction of SPAG mistakes in your research proposal to improve a number of aspects in the paper by:

• Tightening and tidying up your language to be more idiomatic
• Ensuring your paper is written in clear and understandable English
• Ensuring your paper is coherent and does not have a broken narrative or gaps
  

Any successful research proposal has to be written in correct academic language in clear, understandable, informative, and well-structured style. This is where our specialist academic proofreading services UK for research proposals will help you best.

Length and structure

Every university has guidelines regarding the length and structure of research proposals which have to be adhered to by those submitting a research proposal as part of a PhD or MA placement application.

A) Length

According to Prospects, research proposals are typically expected to be between 1,500 and 3,000 words in length. 

For guidance on the exact length or word count you need to abide by, it is advisable to consult your potential supervisor or the university you are applying to at the very beginning. 

Most students, for various reasons, overshoot the required length while writing their research proposal. If you are one of them, this could be because of inability to draft your ideas concisely and succinctly, or racing against time and not being aware of the word count, or you have a lot of information and cannot express yourself within the required length limit. 

Again, here our experienced academic copy-editors come in and help. We will help reduce your research proposal paper down to the expected length by shortening run-on sentences, deleting unnecessary repetitions, piecing disconnected ideas together and removing any wordiness or verbosity.

B) Structure

There are general rules and expectations about what should be included in the research proposal document. 

1. A title
2. Abstract
3. Research context
4. Research questions
5. Research methods
6. Significance of research
7. Bibliography

Our proofreading services for research proposals will help you ensure that all the sections required as part of the structure of your academic paper are written in the most effective and convincing manner.

If you need any paraphrasing or rewriting services during the preparation of your academic research proposal, we provide sterling paraphrasing services.