Expect to work 12 hours minimum per week on your project. Begin doing background research on your project by reading appropriate peer-reviewed articles (ask your research mentor/supervisor for suggestions). As you work in the lab, record, record, record! Write down all your protocols and results as you perform your experiments; this makes the paper-writing process easier as you will have all your notes to reference. By the semester mid-point, assemble an outline for your research paper; there will be gaps as you have only half a semester's worth of work but this will help keep you focused. Consult your research mentor or supervisor for your project as you write your draft outline. Use the MIBO 49X0R Research Guidelines as well as this example paper to give you an idea of the form and arrangement: MIBO 4970R Example Research Paper Continue to work on your project (and paper) during the second half of the semester. Two weeks before the last day of class, submit your final research paper draft to your mentor for review. Your faculty research mentor must sign off on your paper before assigning a grade so be sure you allow them plenty of time to read it.
