Research Proposal

will be directed to an audience who can create change (Congressperson, business administrators, .) In the
proposal, you need to suggest a change or a solution to a current problem. As you have already chosen a
topic for your research proposal letter in Topic 6 and conducted an interview that’ll become one of your
sources for this letter, you do not need to choose a topic. You must use the same topic that you began
researching in Topic 6, and you must use your interview as a source. topic: air traffic control
Your research proposal should be presented in a letter format including the following information:
• Your mailing address (Note:you will need to include your mailing address, as this is a customary business
letter practice.) Note that a formal letter does not require your name in the header. Your name will go at the
end, with your closing.
• The date you wrote the letter
• A name and mailing address for the individual to whom you are writing the letter
• A greeting or salutation
• A closing and your typed name (Note: A written signature is optional for your submission, but should you
choose to send your letter, you would need to include your written signature between the closing and your
typed name.)
Scroll to the end of these instructions for an idea of how you should format this assignment.
To organize this information, follow the format included in the course site in the “Assignments” area.
For your proposal, follow this organizational framework:
For your researched proposal, follow this organizational framework:
• Introduction: The Problem
Identify the problem, including researched information to explain it fully. You may devote more than one
paragraph to describe the problem if needed. To determine
the extent of the information you must provide about the problem, consider the letter recipient’s
understanding of the problem.
• Body: Your Proposal
Explain the specifics of your proposal. What are your solutions to solve this problem, step by step? What is
the cost? How is this cost incurred? What ideas do you have for funding your proposal?
Justify your proposal. How will your proposal solve the problem? Why is this proposal feasible?
Concede or refute the counterarguments: Will the letter recipient have certain preconceived ideas about the
subject? How can you address these counterarguments without diminishing your argument?
• Conclusion: Your Argument
Take into consideration your chosen audience and his/her interests. Use persuasive techniques to align your
proposal to the audience’s ideals. You may use more than one concluding paragraph if needed.
You are required to use source information, including ideas you learned from the interview process wherever
it will prove your point. In addition to the interview itself, you should have at least 2 other credible sources,
for a total of at least 3 sources.
Since this is a letter, you will use signal phrases (i.e., “As Fugle describes…”) and omit parenthetical citations
(“Fugle”). You must include a Works Cited page for this assignment. Good, informative signal phrases will
be important in order to make sure your sources are credited (example: “Fugle, a well-known environmental
researcher, explains the problem by…”).
As with all college writing, you must include a strong thesis statement and take care to avoid logical fallacies
while following the other standards for academic writing.
You might use this as a guideline in crafting your thesis:
Valley City should (add solution suggestion), which (add how it can be funded) and (add justification),
although (add counterargument focus). example:
Valley City should (use its largest abandoned warehouse for a new recreational center to hold before and
after-school programs), which (can be conveniently funded by the tax stream that was being used to
construct Main Street until this point), and will (provide the final element—housing—in order for local
schools to also implement a before-school program