写Research Proposal需要的3种Skills： Subject knowledge and research skills: Research Proposal要求研究者对学科知识的掌握程度和对当前研究趋势的熟悉程度。 Critical thinking skills: 一份好的RP往往可以展示完善的综合分析、评估能力、创造性和将纵向和横向思维结合起来的能力。
Proposal 和 proposition 只有在「建议；提议；提案」的意思上是同义词，可以互换， 如： That's an interesting proposal/proposition. (那是一项有趣的建议)； the government's latest proposal/proposition (政府最新的提案)。 但有关商业和生意上的建议和提议，一般都使用 proposition 而不用 proposal， 如： We made him a proposition ...
说白了， proposal是要和研究论文保持一致的。 An ill-conceived proposal dooms the project even if it somehow gets through the Thesis Supervisory Committee. A high quality proposal, on the other hand, not only promises success for the project, but also impresses your Thesis Committee about your potential as a researcher.
