I wrote a proposal for my masters degree last august and was pretty happy with it, but i wasn't trying to get a scholarship! I'm planning on writing a PhD research proposal based on early modern women's history to apply for a scholarship place, ive got some outline ideas and i have a meeting with my current supervisor (who, coincidently would be my supervisor next year if this all goes to plan...) in the next day or two to discuss ideas. Can anyone offer me any advice on what to include in my proposal to help me win one of the scholarship places?

The ideas i have for my PhD proposal at the minute are closely linked and tie in with my Ba and Ma dissertation, so im not going in blind to a completely new subject, there is a far amount of continuation involved.
Ta!

Things I'd put in a PhD proposal (and did for mine, when applied to AHRC, and won funding) are:

previous research / context - including citing specific researchers / writings of relevance
a brief summary of what you want to do
your research questions
methodology to be used
any provisional thesis you might have now
how your prior study/background prepares you for this
and why you want to get a PhD (i.e. if you want to go into academia)