Research Proposal Help

A proposal has one job: convince your supervisor the study is worth doing and that you can actually do it. Assignment Byte writes proposals that answer both halves — a focused question, and a method proportionate to your time and access.

We cover undergraduate, master's and PhD proposals across disciplines, including the ethics section that so often holds approval up.

What we help with

Research Questions — Focused, answerable aims and objectives with a clear rationale.
Methodology — Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, justified against the question.
Sampling & Data — Sampling strategy, sample size, instruments and analysis plan.
Ethics — Consent, confidentiality, risk and the ethics-committee application.
Timeline & Feasibility — Realistic Gantt schedule with milestones and contingency.
Preliminary Review — A short literature section establishing the gap the study addresses.

Two reports, issued with every delivery

Every assignment ships with a similarity report and an AI-writing indicator read, so you can see exactly what a marker would see before you submit — not after.

A similarity report, not a bare number — You get the full Turnitin-style similarity report, not just a percentage. Quotes, references and common phrases inflate a raw score without meaning anything — the report shows which matches actually matter.
An AI-writing indicator read — Alongside the similarity check, every draft is passed through an AI-detection read so you know how it is likely to score before your university's own checker does — with no surprises at submission time.
Every flagged passage explained — If a passage is flagged on either report, we tell you why and what it would take to bring it down — rather than handing you a score and leaving you to guess.
Run on your own brief — The checks run against the work written for you specifically — never against a shared or resold document — so the reports reflect your submission and nothing else.
Delivered with time to act on it — Reports come with the draft, not after your deadline, so there is time to ask for a revision if anything needs a second look before you submit.
No promised percentage — We will not promise a specific similarity or AI score in advance — anyone who does is telling you what you want to hear, not what the report will say. What we promise is that you see the real numbers before you submit.

Assignment Byte is an independent academic support service, not Turnitin, iThenticate or any university's own integrity office, and we do not control how a receiving institution reads either report. Read more on how similarity checks work, what an AI-writing indicator actually measures, and your institution's academic integrity policy before you submit anything.

A question narrow enough to answer

Proposals are marked down more often for scope than for anything else. A question requiring three years and institutional access cannot be delivered in a taught-programme dissertation, and supervisors identify that immediately.

A workable question is specific about population, variable or phenomenon, and context. 'What is the impact of social media on students' is unanswerable; 'how do final-year undergraduates at one institution describe the effect of short-form video on their study routines' is a project.

Aims and objectives are different things. The aim states what the study will achieve; objectives are the concrete steps that get there, and each should be assessable as done or not done.

Methodology justified against the question

Method must follow from question. Asking how many or how much points quantitative; asking how or why points qualitative; a mixed design needs its integration point specified rather than two strands simply running in parallel.

Sampling requires a strategy, a target size and a recruitment route actually available to you. Proposals promising two hundred participants with no stated access route lose feasibility marks.

Say how the data will be analysed before collecting it. 'Thematic analysis' should name the approach being followed; a quantitative plan should name the tests and confirm they suit the measurement level.

Ethics, timeline and feasibility

Ethics is assessed on engagement with the specific study: consent process, withdrawal rights, anonymisation, data storage and retention, and any particular risk attaching to your participants or topic. Reciting general principles is not enough where the study involves vulnerable groups or sensitive material.

The timeline should be realistic and include ethics approval, which routinely takes longer than students plan for. A Gantt chart that starts data collection in week two is not credible.

A short preliminary literature section should establish that the gap exists. We write proposals to your programme's template, word limit and referencing style, with a Turnitin originality report.

Frequently asked questions

Can you write to my university's proposal template?

Yes — send the template or handbook and we follow its exact headings, word limits and formatting.

Can you help with the ethics application too?

Yes. We draft the ethics section, participant information sheet and consent form to match your committee's requirements.

What if my supervisor asks for changes?

Send us the feedback and we revise. Responding to supervisor comments is part of the work, not an extra.

Can you help with a PhD-level proposal?

Yes — including the theoretical framework, contribution-to-knowledge statement and a multi-year timeline.