The Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) is offering its 2008 PAHEF Grants Program (PGP) to support innovative, results-oriented projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The PGP focuses on two priority areas:

1. promoting healthy ageing; and
2. combating childhood obesity and improving nutrition.

PAHEF invites Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) technical units and country offices/centres, recognised non-governmental organisations (NGOs), universities, semi-autonomous government laboratories, research centres, and other nonprofit organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean to apply for one- or two-year project grants in the US$5,000 to US$25,000 range.

The deadline for application is May 30 2008.

Click here to view proposal guidelines.

Click here for links to the online application forms in text or PDF format.