 Many students are not clear about the difference between a research paper and a research proposal. Let me break it down for you. So friends, a research paper is something that you publish in a journal. You pick up a topic, collect information on it and get it published in a journal. Whereas a research proposal is a tentative plan that you draft before you start your PhD. It includes detailed information on how the PhD would be completed. It talks about your topic, why did you choose it, what research methods you proposed to choose. To sum up, you start writing a research paper when you are done with your research, whereas you write a research proposal prior to the start of your research. The purpose of research paper is to communicate your finding, whereas purpose of research proposal is to convince someone why you want to research on a particular topic. I hope this was helpful. I am going to see you in the next video.