Project outline

Learn more about the requirements for creating a project outline and for the structure, content, and format of your research project.

Content and structure

The project outline should include

• a title, of course,
• the authors,
• an introduction outlining the state of the art, research need and relevance of the expected results in the context of your research question,
• a data section describing the intended data you are planning to use,
• a method section with details on the methods you plan to apply on your data for getting an answer to you research question,
• a discussion section, where you discuss the implications, conclusions, potential limitations and improvements, picking up the story you created in the introduction,
• a timetable with important work packages and milestones you aim to work on for reaching the project goal, and
• references on relevant scientific papers, which have been published in the context of your research question.

Note that the project outline should not exceed two pages. These pages will help the instructors to give feedback on especially the feasibility of your project.

Feedback

Feedback on the outline will be given at the session on to be determined. On the one hand, it is necessary to submit the outline in time, so that there is enough time for the instructors to prepare feedback. On the other hand, the feedback will be given in the session. In order to make the feedback understandable for everyone, your group should briefly present your outline within 5 minutes. No slides are needed, the two-page outline is sufficient.