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Research Proposal

Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods  ·  Last updated:
Draft a PhD research proposal or research plan aligned to a specific lab's current and future agenda. Use this whenever the user needs a research proposal, project proposal, research statement, or research plan for a PhD application or a particular professor — e.g. "write a research proposal for the Smith lab", "I need a 2-page research plan for my Cambridge application", "draft a PhD proposal on diffusion models for this professor", or "help me turn my interests into a proposal that fits her work". Builds a concrete, feasible project at the intersection of the lab's open problems and the applicant's strengths, grounded in real prior work, as a draft the applicant authors and refines. Trigger whenever the intent is to produce a research proposal tied to a PhD opportunity.

From the source SKILL.md

A PhD research proposal does two jobs at once: it shows the applicant can think like a researcher (frame a real problem, propose a credible approach, see the obstacles), and it demonstrates specific fit with the target lab. A proposal that could be sent to any lab in the field fails the second job. The aim here is a proposal that sits precisely at the intersection of where the lab is heading and what the applicant can credibly do — concrete enough to be evaluated, modest enough to be feasible in a PhD, and clearly the applicant's own thinking.

What this skill does

Research Proposal is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Research Proposal Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 119,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/research-proposal/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\research-proposal\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Research Proposal Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/research-proposal/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Research Proposal skill do?
Draft a PhD research proposal or research plan aligned to a specific lab's current and future agenda. Use this whenever the user needs a research proposal, project proposal, research statement, or research plan for a PhD application or a particular professor — e.g. "write a research proposal for the Smith lab", "I need a 2-page research plan for my Cambridge application", "draft a PhD proposal on diffusion models for this professor", or "help me turn my interests into a proposal that fits her work". Builds a concrete, feasible project at the intersection of the lab's open problems and the applicant's strengths, grounded in real prior work, as a draft the applicant authors and refines. Trigger whenever the intent is to produce a research proposal tied to a PhD opportunity.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Research Proposal skill?
Use Research Proposal when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the research methods area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Research Proposal" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research Proposal skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Research Proposal is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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bydeng01. (2026). Research Proposal [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/research-proposal/
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@misc{research-proposal-2026,
  author    = {bydeng01},
  title     = {Research Proposal [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/research-proposal/}
}

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