The proposal and grant writing module will introduce you to the principles and practices of effective grant writing. The coverage explores how to identify suitable funding opportunities, interpret grant guidelines, and develop clear, persuasive proposals. The module covers core components of a grant application, including needs statements, project objectives, methodologies, budgets, and evaluation plans. Through examples and guided activities, you will gain practical skills in aligning projects with funder priorities, and build confidence and competence in preparing competitive grant proposals across nonprofit, academic, and community-based contexts.

The course addresses a wide range of education, business, public health, development studies, science education and social sciences research methods. It includes topic and title selection, knowledge gap identification, formulation of aim/purpose, objectives/research questions, using a conceptual and theoretical framework. Plan and do a literature review. Select the paradigm, approach, design, population/sample, select and describe instruments and explain validity and reliability for qualitative approach. For qualitative approach, describe how credibility, confirmability, dependability and transferability.  The study will include research planning, sampling, exploratory research, interviews, secondary data analysis, survey methodology, and quantitative analytical methods. The focus of the course is for students to develop an understanding of the the research process and write a doable proposal. To address this focus, the course is divided into two sections. Part 1 will address research theories regarding conceptualisation, conceptual and theoretical frameworks, identifying a tilte and planning, a research proposal for either qualitative, quantitative or mixed approaches. Part 2 students will write a doable proposal of 12 to 15 pages, New Times Roman,  font 12 line 1.5, which is the climax of the research methodology course (Also refer to masters bulletin).