  We consider a five dimensional AdS spacetime in presence of higher curvature
term like $F(R) = R + \alpha R^2$ in the bulk. In this model, we examine the
possibility of modulus stabilization from the scalar degrees of freedom of
higher curvature gravity free of ghosts. Our result reveals that the model
stabilizes itself and the mechanism of modulus stabilization can be argued from
a geometric point of view. We determine the region of the parametric space for
which the modulus (or radion) can to be stabilized. We also show how the mass
and coupling parameters of radion field are modified due to higher curvature
term leading to modifications of its phenomenological implications on the
visible 3-brane.
