What is the proposed research trying to find out ?Why is this research worth doing?

Readers’ expectations
It is important for the proposal writer to understand the proposal reader’s expectations. In a university higher degree setting, proposals normally need to be approved by several readers before the research can proceed.
In a competitive funding setting, a panel of readers will typically decide on which proposals are funded.
The research proposal reader will normally seek clear answers to three overarching questions:
1. What is the proposed research trying to find out ?
2. How will it do that?
3. Why is this research worth doing?
The ‘what’ question is effectively answered by showing clearly the research questions
that the research is designed to answer. The ‘how’ question is answered by describing the methods the research will use. The ‘why’ question i