To begin, review the tips at UNC- Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!) resource. Note that they suggest that you begin by answering the following questions:

• What is the topic?
• Why is this topic important?
• What is your research question? What do you want to know?
• What is the relevance of the question?{Need, importance and relevance are usually established by examining previous literature and assessing local data).
• What are your hypotheses?
• What are your research methods? Quantitative? Qualitative?