Ciência & Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento regional: um olhar sobre a bolsa DCR (CNPQ 2001-2010)

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the relationship between public policy of science and technology and regional development based on social studies of science (STS Science, Technology and Society). For this, evaluation was conducted on the Science and Technology (S&T) policy evolution in Brazil and how the sponsorship in this sector in regions with low scientific and technological development. Herein, the scholarship program on scientific regional development (DCR) is analyzed. This program is supported by the national bureau of science and technology (CNPq) intermediated by local scientific bureaus, in BrazilianNortheast region during the period from 2001 until 2010. By means of data collection in CNPq and FAPs databases, it was built a panorama of DCR scholarship. It was observed a setting regional average of 62 %, a significant value, which shows that this scholarship is an important tool for reducing of regional differences in S&T. Nevertheless, the DCR policy cannot be seen as being restrict from reevaluation, once one need to take into account the percentage of non-setting (38 %) as being rather high. Also, it is inefficient in regard to the resources distribution, which happens unequally even within the same region, and it is not enough to solve the regional question. However, one cannot deny that the DCR scholarship has been an important tool which contributes for increasing the S&T indexes and for Brazilian Northeast development.