Review the draft with your supervisor before it goes to the committee

Your supervisor has seen many proposals and usually knows what the committee will question. Send them a draft at least a week before the deadline and ask specific questions:

• Is the scope realistic for two semesters?
• Are the objectives testable?
• Is anything likely to be challenged as already done?
• Does the project need ethics approval?

Fix what they flag before submission. A supervisor who has shaped the proposal is also more likely to support it in the committee and to stay engaged through the year.