PQ Economia : características do programa e dos pesquisadores bolsistas de produtividade

Abstract

The scientific community played a pivotal role shaping the modern society during the 18th and 19th centuries, in the light of the contribution of new technologies to socio-economic development. As a result, the Economic Science began to examine the role of innovation in economic growth. Brazil then began the development of its postgraduate system, with a strong involvement of the state in the regulation and funding of basic research, through Capes and CNPQ, with CNPQs productivity research grant (PQ) being its main line of funding. This article analyzed a total of 239 fellows, made up mostly of male fellows (84.10%), and observed a concentration of fellows and main centers in the Southeast region (56.49%). It was also noticed that researchers are more focused on producing articles, but that this is not necessarily the most relevant variable for fellows to advance between fellowship levels. Finally, this base article suggests that more articles be developed in the area, in order to more directly verify the impact of scientific production on advancement between scholarship levels, with a goal of developing more efficient selection criteria.