Abstract Objective to understand the perceptions of councilors about functioning councils for rights older people in state Rio Grande do Norte. Method This is an analytical cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach carried out municipal 109 participated, predominance full members, female, from government representation and higher education level. Results Several challenges were identif...

In most countries, basic research is supported by research councils that select, after peer review, the individuals or teams that are to receive funding. Unfortunately, the number of grants these research councils can allocate is not infinite and, in most cases, a minority of the researchers receive the majority of the funds. However, evidence as to whether this is an optimal way of distributin...