title: Writing the proposal for a qualitative research methodology project.
abstract: Writing the proposal for a qualitative research methodology study is a double challenge because of the emergent nature of qualitative research design and because a methodology study entails describing a process to produce a process. How the authors addressed this challenge is shown in the annotated text of the grant proposal--"Analytic Techniques for Qualitative Metasynthesis"--funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Appealing qualitative research proposals adhere to principles that engage writers and readers in an informative and mutually respectful interaction.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Margarete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandelowski
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barroso
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D016387:Women's Health; D014956:Writing