| Recognizing the importance of empowering social scientists and nurturing new generations of well-trained researchers in the Middle East region, the Ford Foundation established the Middle East Research Competition (MERC) in 1986 as a research competition in international relations and comparative politics to serve scholars residing in the Arab countries and Turkey. During the first ten years of its life, MERC was situated in Cairo and administered directly by Ford Foundation’s Cairo office. Over this period, it helped shap. |  | |
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MERC Grantees 2006 - 2010 |
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|  | The research award competition is the backbone of the program which informs MERC’s research agenda. The research proposals received throughout the year ensures that MERC secretariat is kept abreast of what local researchers identify as priority research themes in their local contexts. The very large number of research proposals sent to MERC is a testimony to the need for research funds that are not attached to pre-set agendas and donor priorities. Read more | MERC Journal | MERC Social Science Reviews entitled Awrak Al Awsat was recently published. It includes a number of scientific papers that were presented in the seminar on “Women and Public Participation in The Arab World”. It also includes the proceedings of a roundtable and an interview with Gouda Abdel-Khalek. See more | <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->   <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--> |
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