(1) http://john.regehr.org/reading_list/proposal.html
(2) http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/staff/sw/researchproposal.htm
(3) http://politics.utoronto.ca/graduate/phd/proposal-guidelines/
(4) http://www.findaphd.com/student/study/study-33.asp
(5) http://dmst.aueb.gr/gr2/diafora2/YPD2/PhD%20Proposal%20Guidelines.htm