<p>^^^ I agree with Hammurabi.
I think it would be the same in Canada, ithe system is not all that different is it?</p>
<p>I did bio research, and I did not complete a research proposal. Why? because I didn’t fully comprehend the research field until after the interview. Also, I wasn’t sure if I would just help out with research, or actually submit to a science fair or anything. I got lucky though, and got interesting results. My professor, for the msot part, assigned me a topic. Usually professors (at least I think) already have plans for their research set out, which they have to describe when writing for grants. So I don’t know how conducive they would be to a completely new research plan designed by you, unless it was very very close to what they already had done/planned to do.<br>
also, you shouldn’t really know the results of a project when you start. That kind of defeats the purpose of research.</p>