Academic Research CV

Trigger

Use when the user is applying for faculty, research, or postdoc positions, or creating/updating a curriculum vitae.

Keywords: "academic CV", "research CV", "curriculum vitae", "faculty CV", "faculty position", "publications", "tenure-track", "postdoc CV", "professor resume", "academic job market", "grants section", "teaching portfolio", "ORCID", "publication list", "PhD CV", "researcher CV", "academic job application"

Key Differences from Industry Resumes

• Comprehensive: include everything — length grows with career (grad student 2-4pp, senior faculty 15-30+pp)
• Scholarship-focused: publications and grants are the currency
• No page limit: completeness is expected, not brevity
• Field conventions matter: author order, citation style, section emphasis vary by discipline

Section Order (adjust by position type)

Research-focused: Contact → Education → Publications → Grants → Research → Teaching → Service

Teaching-focused: Contact → Education → Teaching → Course Development → Publications → Service

Postdoc: Contact → Education → Publications → Research → Skills → Presentations

Process

Step 1: Contact

Name with credentials (Ph.D.), department, institution, email, website, ORCID.

Step 2: Education

Reverse chronological. Include: degree, field, institution, year, dissertation title, advisor, committee (for PhD).

Step 3: Publications (most critical for research positions)

• Bold your name in author lists
• Number entries (reverse chronological in sciences)
• Include DOIs
• Mark student co-authors with asterisk*
• Separate: peer-reviewed articles, books/chapters, conference proceedings, under review, in preparation

Field notes:

• Sciences: first author and last/senior author positions matter, impact factors sometimes relevant
• Humanities: single-author work valued most, books are crucial
• Social sciences: mix of solo and collaborative, funded research important

Step 4: Grants & Funding

Format: Agency + mechanism (PI/Co-PI) | "Title" | Dates | Amount (total + your share)

Separate: Awarded, Pending, and optionally Not Funded.

Step 5: Teaching

Course number + title, role (instructor/TA/guest), institution, dates, enrollment size, course development notes.

Step 6: Service, Mentoring, Presentations

• Service: editorial boards, grant panels, committees (department/university/profession)
• Mentoring: students and postdocs with current positions (shows pipeline success)
• Presentations: invited talks separate from conference presentations

Output Format

## Academic CV: [Name]

### Recommended Section Order
[Based on position type and field]

### Formatted Sections
[Each section in proper format]

### Items to Add/Update
- [ ] [missing item]

Rules

• Follow your discipline's conventions for citation style and author order
• Update at least every 6 months
• Do not use industry-style skills sections or objectives
• Adjust section order to the specific position type