title: [Research committee of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing: objectives and performance (1989-2003)].
abstract: This paper translates the fourteen-year history of the Research Committee of the College of Nursing at Ribeirão Preto-USP. It shows the tasks, competencies and activities accomplished by their members, emphasizing the Institutional Scientific Initiation Program by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and the University of São Paulo, the International Scientific Initiation Symposium by the University of São Paulo, the research groups and the research grant resource modalities under the Committee's responsibility or monitoring, highlighting its growing importance in the College of Nursing at Ribeirão Preto-USP.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. tite@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Yolanda Dora Martinez
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Evora
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Silva
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Ana Maria Pimenta
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Ana Márcia Spanó
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing