A research plan should include at least the following elements:
-Topic
-Background
-Objectives
-Method
-Data
-Execution
It should also demonstrate that the researcher is familiar with the topic being investigated.
A research plan is used when the applicant is asking for a grant application and it describes the investigator's research. It should answer the following questions:
- What do you intend to do?
- Why is it important?
- What has already been done on this?
- How are you going to do this work?
