How to develop your Research Proposal

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Date

Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2026

Zeit

09:30 - 13:00

Standort

A 102

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Turn your research idea into a clear, compelling plan.

This workshop guides you through writing a strong research proposal—from defining content and structure to outlining methods, expected results, and a realistic timeline. Whether for a PhD thesis, grant application, or scholarship, learn how to present a well-founded, feasible project and communicate it effectively. Ideal for PhD students and researchers preparing their research topic.

Description

A research proposal is the result of a planning and preparation phase during the composition of a scientific publication such as a PhD thesis. It describes the content as well as the timetable of the planned scientific work and is therefore considered the basis for communication about your scientific project. However, it might also be needed in order to apply for a research grant or a PhD scholarship. Ideally, it helps to evaluate if the project is well planned, background material has been sufficiently researched and finally if the realization sounds feasible.

The workshop will elaborate on:

content of a research proposal
structure of a research proposal
state of the art
material and methods
expected results
project and time plan

Target group

This module targets scientists and in particular PhD students of all departments who are in the preparation stage of their research topic. It is open both to H-BRS PhD students and to members of PK NRW from other universities of applied sciences.

Language of Instruction

The course will be held in English.

Speaker

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Herpers was appointed Professor of Applied Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in 1999. Since then he has worked on a large number of research and development projects in the areas of computer vision, perception 3D simulations and visualisation and has published numerous scientific papers. In addition, he has held an adjunct professorship at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, continuously since 2008. He currently heads the Institute for Visual Computing at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and the Graduate Institute. He is also the head of department of IT and data science at Promotionskolleg NRW.

Please register no later than May 1st via e-mail to gi@h-brs.de