This document provides guidance on writing a concept paper and elucidating a concept. It discusses that a concept paper summarizes a project proposal, including what the project is about and how it will be carried out. There are three ways to elucidate a concept: definition, explication, and clarification. The document then provides templates for a concept paper structure depending on if it is for an academic research project or tangible project proposal. It details sections that should be included like background, objectives, methodology, and timeline.

1. WRITING A
CONCEPT PAPER
AND WAYS
OF ELUCIDATING
A CONCEPT

2. ◦concept paper is a summary document of a
project proposal that tells what the project is all
about, the reasons for conducting the project
and how it will be carried out. This paper also
provides an overview of the project, and help
funding agencies eliminate proposals that are
likely to be disapproved.

3. has several uses --
• Serves a foundation of the full proposal.
• Determines whether the project is feasible or not.
• Piques the interest of the potential funding agencies.
• Obtains informal feedback on the ideas prior to
preparing the full proposal.
• Helps in addressing social issues which plague our
society.

4. Three Ways in Elucidating a Concept
◦ Before writing a concept paper, you must first learn how to explain your concept of your
project or research. Basically, there are three ways of explaining a concept.
1. Definition
--explaining the concept by answering, “What does it mean?” This makes of an illustrations,
examples, and description to clarify the term. A definition can be done in three ways:
a. Informal Definition – giving of a parenthetical or brief explanation
b. Formal Definition - giving of the term to be defined, the category, and the quality that makes
the term different from other terms in the same category
c. Extended Definition – is a detailed way of defining a term and is usually a one paragraph. It
incorporates various patterns of formal, informal, comparison and contrasts, narration,
description, classification, cause and effect to explain a concept.

5. ◦ 2. Explication
◦ -- is a method of explanation in which sentences, verses, quotes, or phrases are
taken from a literary or academic work then interpreted and explained in a
detailed way. You may begin by analyzing how the text was constructed and end
with a concise conclusion by restating your major arguments. Explication not only
illuminates a piece of literature, but also serves to remind the readers about its
historical setting and formal properties of style and language.
◦ 3. Clarification
◦ -- it is a method of explanation in which the points are organized from a general
abstract idea to specific and concrete examples. The analysis of the concept is
done by looking at the examples and specifying its characteristics.

6. Concept Paper for Academic Research
Use the structure below when you intend to present an idea or concept for a research you want to
pursue.
1. Title Page contains
• Research title
• Name and school
• Date of submission
2. Background of the Study contains
• State the field you are researching on
• State the problems to be addressed by the research, provide statistics and previous studies to
prove your claim
• Reasons in conducting the research
• Theoretical and practical implications

7. 3. Preliminary Literature Review contains
• Provide theoretical framework
• Provide major related literature review at least
• Provide brief synthesis of the reviewed literature and studies.
4. Statement of the Problem/Objectives contains
• State the general problem in one sentence
• State your specific research questions of objectives.
5. Methodology contains
• Context and participants of the study
• Instruments to be used
• Data collection procedures
• Data analysis scheme to be used

8. ◦6. Timeline contains
◦• Duration of the research (Gantt chart)
◦7. Reference contains
◦• List of books, journals, and other resources cited in
your paper

9. ◦ Concept Paper for a Project
◦ Use the structure below when you want to propose a certain tangible project in
your discipline.
◦ 1. Cover Page contains
◦ • Proponent’s name
◦ • Proponent’s contact number, email address
◦ • Proponent’s agency
◦ • Date of submission
◦ 2. Introduction contains
◦ • Short description of proponent’s agency, major accomplishments and capability
to undertake the proposed project.
◦ • Reasons why the funding agency should support the project

10. ◦3. Rationale or Background contains
◦• State the problem to be solved
◦• State the project’s significance
◦4. Project Description contains
◦• Objective of the project
◦• Methodology (Action Plan)
◦• Timeline
◦• Anticipated outcome
◦• How the outcome will be evaluated

11. ◦ 5. Project Needs and Cost contains
◦ • Budget, item description and amount
◦ • Personnel or equipment needed

12. [TITLE OF PAPER]
NAME
SECTION
SCHOOL
DATE
TEACHER
INTRODUCTION
Short dscription (minimum of 5 sentences) of what your concept paper all about.
Introduce the concept you want to use based on your title
example:
Having the title “Leveraging on mobile payment methods to gain competitive advantage by local
business”

13. what mobile payment methods are?
How it is in trend now a days.
You can explain yor concept brieflyby giving details on how you would maximize your
mobile payment method and how it would gain competitive advantage in your local based
businesses
Background
State the current system /problem and how your concept paper will help solve this
problem,
-How does Mobile Payment Methods in other areas help in their businesses
-Pandemic, mobile payment is a must in order to prevent spread of virus
-How does the current payment methods affect business nowadays

14. Objectives
Write your objective in bullet form. What is your main objective ? What are the
specific objectives that you need to accomplish to attain your main objectives?
(note : minimum of 3 objectives, your objectives must be parallel to your research
questions)
Example:
main objective : The research paper seeks to achieve its general objective of
leveraging on mobile payment methods to gain a competitive advantage by
focusing on the following specific objectives

15. Objectives
Objective 1: To determine the influence of perceived risks onthe use of mobile payment methods to
gain a competitive advantage by locally based businesses
Research Questions
Write the questions that would be answered once you accomplished your specific objectives
(note: Must be parallel with the objectives)
Example:
Question 1 : Does percieved risks influence the use of mobile payment methods to gain competitive
advantage by local based businesses?

16. methodology
Write the processes that needs to be followed in order to complete the proposal.
-Do you need to conduct an interview? Who are yourparticipants ? How many ?
Timeline
Write your tasks and how long it would be
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