Format and Content of the Proposal Identify the particular problem you will work on. Why is it important? Perform a brief stakeholder analysis. What is the scope? Identify the objective of your proposal and the critical resources. Specify the expected outcome of your proposal. Describe the optimization model that will be developed/used for the proposed project. Formulate an algebraic and/or spreadsheet optimization model: what is your objective function, decision variables, etc. Specify the data sources you will use (describe precisely and relate to your proposed model) Specify Steps to be done to complete the project. . Your submission will include the following parts and sections: Title Abstract Section 1: Problem Overview and Motivation Section 2: Proposed Optimization Model (or Optimization Approach) Section 3: Expected Outcomes and Impact Section 4: Data Requirement References