USID´s MERC Progrm is peer-reviewed, competitive reserch grnts progrm. MERC focuses on promoting scientific coopertion between rb nd Isreli reserchers, students, nd communities. MERC-funded projects must be relevnt to development in the Middle Est. While MERC is n open-topic progrm tht funds mny types of projects, most projects focus on reserch fields such s griculture, wter resources, helth nd the environment. Presently, MERC hs ctive grnts in Isrel, Jordn, Egypt, West Bnk/Gz, Morocco, Tunisi, nd Lebnon.
