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Supporting Students Writing Research Proposals | Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology | Biological Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare

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In 20.416J Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology, students write a two-page research proposal modeled after the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program proposal. In this section, Professors Mark Bathe and Jeff Gore identify a challenge students face in developing their proposals and how they support students throughout the proposal-writing process. Students typically find it challenging to identify a research proposal topic. Because they are undergraduates or first-year graduate students, they tend to have limited research experience. Developing a proposal can seem very daunting, especially when you consider that the assignment is high stakes: there’s an actual National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship on the line. To support students with limited research experience, we discuss with them potential proposal ideas. We also communicate to students that it’s not so much about coming up with a Nobel Prize-winning idea, as it is about how well the

In 20.416J Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology, students write a two-page research proposal modeled after the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program proposal. In this section, Professors Mark Bathe and Jeff Gore identify a challenge students face in developing their proposals and how they support students throughout the proposal-writing process. The Challenge: Identifying a Topic Students typically find it challenging to identify a research proposal topic. Because they are undergraduates or first-year graduate students, they tend to have limited research experie

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