Proposal Rubric Checker
Proposal rubric checker: feasibility, contribution, and methodology
A research proposal is graded on three questions: is the research worth doing, can you actually do it, and have you thought about how. Rubrica reads your rubric and scores your draft against the specific criteria your marker will use.
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What markers actually look for in a proposal
A specific, answerable research question — not a vague topic.
A clear gap in the literature that justifies the research.
A methodology that's appropriate, justified, and feasible within your timeframe and resources.
Awareness of ethics, limitations, and risks — addressed head-on.
A realistic timeline and resource plan that markers can sanity-check.
Common rubric criteria for a proposal
Most proposal rubrics weight some version of these. Upload yours and Rubrica will score your draft against the exact criteria your marker uses.
Research question quality
The single most-marked criterion. Markers want questions that are specific, answerable, and original — not topics or restatements of existing work.
Justification (why this matters)
Strong proposals make the case explicitly: what gap, what implications, who benefits. Implicit justification almost always loses marks.
Methodology fit
Markers check whether your method can actually answer your question — and whether you've justified the choices over alternatives.
Feasibility
Even strong proposals get marked down if they're not realistic. Markers look for honest engagement with timeline, resources, and limitations.
How the proposal rubric checker works
1. Upload
Drop in your assignment brief, the rubric your tutor will use, and your current proposal draft. PDFs, Word files, and plain text all work.
2. Analyse
Rubrica reads all three together and scores your draft against every rubric criterion specific to the proposal format.
3. Revise
You get a per-criterion score and a specific list of what to change before submission. Revisions on the same assignment are free.
Frequently asked questions
Is this for honours, master's, or PhD proposals?
All of them. The bar differs by level — PhD proposals expect more original contribution, master's expect more demonstration of method — but Rubrica reads your specific rubric and adapts.
What if my proposal is for a grant rather than coursework?
It still works — upload the funder's criteria as the rubric. The structure (question, gap, method, feasibility) maps cleanly across academic and grant contexts.
Do I need a complete literature review in the proposal?
Usually no — most proposal rubrics expect a focused literature review that establishes the gap, not a full survey. The rubric will specify the depth expected.
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Score your literature reviewStop guessing. Score your proposal against the rubric.
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