I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Administração e Gerência do Cuidado de Enfermagem e Saúde. Florianópolis, SC PESQUISA

This research aimed at understanding the meaning of undergraduate reseach for supervisors of Nursing scholarship students in a university in the South of Brazil. The methodological reference used was the Grounded Theory, by the means of interviews with seven undergraduate research scholarsship advisors forming two sample groups. The phenomenon “glimpsing undergraduate research activities of research groups coordinated by nursing advisors, the basis of competency formation in research of the scholarships” emerged form the interrelation of six categories. To be a advisor and researcher of human resources in research form undergratuation requires pedagogical, instrumental, and managerial competencies associated to research policies of nursing and health.