Your research paper proposal should attempt to persuade your teacher, examining committee/board that your paper is going to be an outstanding piece of writing with deep research on a certain issue. If you manage to convince your dearest committee, you will be allowed to work on the chosen topic, if not - you will have to start writing a brand new research proposal all over again.
 
To avoid this highly undesirable situation of doing the work twice, you need to read our research proposal guidelines and our research paper tips (for producing a good research paper).
 
Here is a list of some general research proposal guidelines:

• Our first research proposal guideline: before writing your research proposal, you need to identify your audience. Try to focus on the needs of your target reader, his/her expectations and requirements, and never forget about that while writing your research proposal.
• Our second research proposal guideline: adopt a professional tone. In other words, your paper should meet all requirements as to the appropriate vocabulary, suitable writing style, etc. One more research proposal guideline for you is to never sound desperate or intimate in your paper - use a natural, warm style.

• Our third research proposal guideline: always seek advice from your teachers, peers. Any advice given by them can be useful for you, unless it sounds awkward or completely unreasonable. So, if you read the following research proposal guideline: “To succeed in writing a paper, you need to eat a piece of paper you will work on, and inspiration will come!”- you should be wise enough not to believe in it.

Theses three research proposal guidelines should help you avoid some potential problems.