INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Research Proposal for Major/Minor Research Projects (2023-24)
Application Number
(To be noted down from the online application) Applying Under (Put tick mark)
Major Project Proposals with budget up to Rs.25 lakhs Minor Project Proposals with budget up to Rs.10 lakhs Broad research discipline as per ICSSR list (Refer Clause 1.1 of guidelines) Economics / Development Studies
1 Name of Project Director 2 Title of the Research Proposal Role SIDBI in Promoting the Investment and Employment through MSME in Andhra Pradesh.
3 Abstract
(approx. 300 words) 4 Introduction of the Proposed Study
(approx. 400 words) 5 Major Research Works Reviewed:
1) International and
2) National.
Not less than 15 to 20 important works
(approx. 600 words) 6 Identification of Research Gap
(approx. 300 words) 7 Objectives of the Proposed Study
(approx. 200 words) 8 Major Research Questions / Hypotheses
(approx. 200 words) 9 Proposed methodology for the research work (approx. 400 words) 10 Sample size for the research Study
(The indicative sample size for each individual study would be 400 to 500.) 11 State(s) / Region(s) covered by the study, if applicable 12 Innovation/path-breaking aspects of the Proposed Research
(150 to 200 words) 13 Expected Output such as books, policy papers, documents, datasets etc. with proposed timeline
(300 words) 14 Details of data sets to be generated
(100-150 words) 15 Relevance of the proposed study for policy making
(approx. 200 words) 16 Relevance of the proposed study for society
(approx. 200 words) 17 Milestones set for 6 months:
12 months:
24 months:
18 Total Grant expected for this study (in Rs.)
19. Proposed budget of the study under expenditure heads with justification
Heads of Expenditure
Number Months Rate Amount
1. Research Staff Research Associate Research Assistant Field Investigator 2. Field work 3. Workshop to disseminate the outcomes of the project 3. Equipment and study material 4. Contingency Total Affiliating Institutional overheads (over and above the total cost @ 7.5 % of the approved budget, subject to a maximum upper limit of Rs. 1,00,000/-) 20. Justification of different heads of budget (write in 30 words each)
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Field work
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Equipment and study material
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