The Product Proposal is your description of the product that you hope to create. This will be the culminating achievement of your year in ISM and the tangible representation of your learning. It should have a real-world application and represent the type of product that you would create as a professional in your chosen field. It includes:

• Introduction and Statement of Purpose: Description of the product I plan to create and an explanation of what I hope to accomplish through it, in as much detail as possible. (Am I applying skills I have learned? Am I creating a useful tool for my mentor?)

• Review of Skills and Research: Explanation of the research topics that have been or will be instrumental in the creation of my product. Explanation of the skills and/or expertise that I will learn or have learned that will be utilized in the creation of my product.

• Methodology: Explanation of the step by step procedure that I will use to bring my product to completion.

• Materials: Explanation of the materials that will be required to complete my product. Will need to anticipate (through research) the cost of these materials.

• Conclusions: Explanation of what I anticipate the outcome of my product to be. What do I think my audience will learn/what do I think the results will be? Description of how my product will have application to the real world. To whom will it be useful? How will it be utilized? How will this benefit others or the community at large? If not directly designed to do so, how can I address this?