São apresentadas informações sobre as ações indutoras da Diretoria de Gestão de Pessoas (DIGEPE) para integração das atividades de ensino e pesquisa na rede FHEMIG. Destacam-se o aumento inicial da produção cientifica com estabilização a partir de 2010 e o desafio de transformá-la em publicações de alto impacto científico.

Introduction: The reunion of investigators around specific projects tends to originate study groups led by a more experienced researcher. The Teaching and Research Department of the Hospital Foundation of Minas Gerais (FHEMIG) has developed in search of higher quality of its products and the training of human resources for research. Objective: Describe the research groups accredited by FHEMIG, with emphasis on the characterization of the profile of group leaders. Methods: Data on Research Groups and their leaders were collected at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) website, in the databases of the FHEMIG's Teaching and Research Department, and in reports of the Internal Committee of the Fellowship Program for Scientific and Technological Initiation (PIBIC). Results: FHEMIG has 74 lines of research in 29 research groups, consisting of 375 investigators, with 42 group leaders. Research Groups and PIBIC fellows concentrated in the teaching hospitals, but medical residents have not yet acceded to these groups as expected. Currently, only half of the groups had its records updated on the CNPq website. Conclusions: Since the implementation of Research Groups, research activity at FHEMIG grew and consolidated, but there is a need for strategies to stimulate research activity, as well as to Achievements and challenges of the Hospital Foundation of Minas Gerais research groups