Research Proposal - Ruby Palin

Hello! This document contains my initial research proposal entitled: "Using flight initiation experiments to investigate whether predation risk is a contributing factor to seasonal polyphenism in Hetaerina titia wing colouration."

May 05, 2022

Ruby Palin

Student, Durham University

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Writing a research proposal can seem a daunting task initially. I'd never had to write one before now! But I soon realised that the trick to writing a research proposal is to be as clear and concise as possible so that the reader knows exactly what you are trying to explain. I found that I could write with more coherency once I fully understood the concepts related to my proposal. This involved doing a lot of additional reading of primary literature and thoroughly digesting my project supervisor's publications.

If you are reading this before starting your own proposal...good luck! You can do this!

Ruby Palin (She/Her)

Student, Durham University

My name is Ruby Palin. I am a second-year undergraduate student at Durham University studying BSc Biological Sciences. This is my favourite quote from a biologist... “The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability…our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land” –Thomas Henry Huxley, Evolutionary biologist.