There's a major research project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research underway here in Canada... but it's still in the "how do we validate the data we expect to get" stage. I haven't seen the proposal.
Here are a few resources you can use to help you draft your proposal:
http://www.nursing.usyd.edu.au/fs/pd...h_proposal.pdf
http://classic.aacn.org/AACN/research.nsf/Files/GP/$file/Writing%20a%20successful%20grant.pdf (might have to cut and paste this one)
http://overnightessay.com/blog/2008/...arch-proposal/