The aim of this study was to draw the profile of the psychology researchers funded with scientific productivity grants from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico from 2009-2011. We used a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational method. Through a data survey using the Curriculum Lattes platform of all the researchers listed on the website of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, the purpose was to identify the relation between type of grant, quantity and quality of their production. The findings reveal diversity, which did not enable us to establish a unique profile of the researchers. Most researchers have a type-2 research grant and their interest is mainly distributed in Developmental and Social Psychology. Although the quality of publications is related to the type of grant, there is still a predominance of quantity over quality of publications, a phenomenon called "productivism".
Scientific productivity grants; Research in Psychology; Psychology in Brazil