Academic CV Template
Academic CV: education, appointments, publications by type with citation styles, grants, teaching, supervision, service, talks
Anleitung: Use for faculty, postdoc, fellowship and grant applications. Fill education, appointments and publications first, in one consistent citation style. The main pitfall is mixing styles or listing papers in preparation as published.
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Curriculum Vitae: [Full Name, Degree]
Academic curriculum vitae for faculty, postdoctoral, fellowship and grant applications. Based on common academic practice: complete, reverse-chronological records of education, appointments, publications, funding, teaching, supervision and service. Replace every
[bracketed]value and every line marked Example; delete sections you have nothing to put in.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| CV version | [Faculty applications 2026-27] |
| Prepared for | [Institution / funder / committee] |
| Citation style | [APA 7 / Chicago author-date / IEEE / Vancouver] |
| ORCID | [0000-0000-0000-0000] |
| Last updated | YYYY-MM-DD |
1. Personal details
[Full Name, PhD] [Current title], [Department], [Institution] [Institutional address] [[email protected]] · [+00 000 000 000] ORCID: [0000-0000-0000-0000] · Google Scholar: [link] · Website: [link]
2. Research interests
[Two or three sentences describing your research programme.]
Example: Computational ecology; species distribution modelling under climate change; Bayesian hierarchical models; open and reproducible research software for field ecologists.
3. Education
| Year | Degree | Institution | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| [YYYY] | [PhD, Field] | [University, Country] | Dissertation: "[Title]". Advisor: [Name] |
| [YYYY] | [MSc, Field] | [University] | [Thesis title, distinction] |
| [YYYY] | [BSc, Field] | [University] | [Honours] |
| Example: 2021 | PhD, Ecology | University of Edinburgh, UK | Dissertation: "Range shifts of alpine plants under warming". Advisor: Prof. A. Smith |
4. Academic appointments
| Dates | Position | Department, institution |
|---|---|---|
| [YYYY to present] | [Assistant Professor] | [Department, University] |
| [YYYY to YYYY] | [Postdoctoral Research Fellow] | [Lab, University] |
| Example: 2023 to present | Lecturer in Quantitative Ecology | School of Biosciences, University of Leeds |
| Example: 2021 to 2023 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU, Norway |
5. Grants, fellowships and awards
5.1 Research funding
| Period | Funder and scheme | Title | Role | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [YYYY to YYYY] | [Funder, scheme] | "[Project title]" | [PI / Co-I] | [Currency amount] |
| Example: 2024 to 2027 | Natural Environment Research Council, New Investigator Award | "Forecasting alpine plant loss with hierarchical models" | PI | GBP 412,000 |
5.2 Fellowships and awards
- [YYYY] [Award name], [Awarding body]. [One-line reason if useful.]
- Example: 2022 Early Career Researcher Prize, British Ecological Society.
6. Publications
Citation style: [APA 7]. Bold = this author. * = supervised student. † = equal contribution.
6.1 Peer-reviewed journal articles
- [Authors] ([Year]). [Title]. [Journal], Volume, [pages]. https://doi.org/[DOI]
- Example: *Nguyen, T., & Lee, J. (2025). Hierarchical models for detecting range contraction. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(3), 512-526. https://doi.org/10.0000/example.0001
6.2 Peer-reviewed conference papers
- [Authors] ([Year]). [Title]. In [Proceedings name] (pp. [pages]). [Publisher]. https://doi.org/[DOI]
6.3 Books and book chapters
- [Authors] ([Year]). [Chapter title]. In [Editors] (Eds.), [Book title] (pp. [pages]). [Publisher].
6.4 Preprints and manuscripts under review
- [Authors] ([Year]). [Title]. [Server, for example bioRxiv or arXiv]. https://doi.org/[DOI]. [Under review at Journal name.]
6.5 Software, datasets and other outputs
- [Name] ([Year]). [Description]. [Repository or DOI].
- Example: Lee, J. (2024). rangeshift: R package for Bayesian range-shift models (v1.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.0000/zenodo.0002
6.6 Citation style quick reference
| Style | Common in | Journal article pattern |
|---|---|---|
| APA 7 | Psychology, social and life sciences | Author, A. A. (Year). Title. Journal, Vol(Issue), pages. DOI |
| Chicago author-date | Humanities, social sciences | Author, First. Year. "Title." Journal Vol (Issue): pages. DOI |
| IEEE | Engineering, computer science | [n] A. Author, "Title," Journal, vol. V, no. N, pp. x-y, Year. |
| Vancouver | Medicine, biomedicine | Author AA. Title. Journal. Year;Vol(Issue):pages. |
Use a reference manager (Zotero, JabRef or similar) to generate entries so that the style stays consistent across the CV.
7. Teaching
| Years | Course code and title | Level | Role | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [YYYY to YYYY] | [CODE: Title] | [Undergraduate / Postgraduate] | [Lead lecturer] | [N] |
| Example: 2023 to 2026 | BIOL3301: Statistical Ecology | Undergraduate year 3 | Module lead, designed course | 120 per year |
Teaching qualifications: [Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Fellow of Advance HE, YYYY].
8. Supervision and mentoring
| Student | Level | Role | Years | Thesis / project | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Name] | [PhD / MSc / BSc] | [Primary / Co-supervisor] | [YYYY to YYYY] | "[Title]" | [Graduated, now at ...] |
| Example: T. Nguyen | PhD | Primary supervisor | 2023 to present | "Detecting range contraction from citizen science data" | In progress; 2 papers |
9. Service
9.1 Professional service
- [Role], [Journal or society], [YYYY to YYYY].
- Peer reviewer for: [Journal A], [Journal B], [Funder].
- Example: Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2025 to present.
9.2 Institutional service
- [Committee or role], [Department or University], [YYYY to YYYY].
9.3 Public engagement
- [Activity, audience, YYYY].
- Example: Invited evidence to the Scottish Parliament committee on upland biodiversity, 2024.
10. Invited talks and presentations
10.1 Invited talks
- [YYYY]. "[Title]". [Event or department], [City, Country].
10.2 Contributed presentations
- [YYYY]. "[Title]". [Conference], [City, Country]. [Oral / Poster].
11. Skills
| Area | Skills |
|---|---|
| Methods | [Bayesian hierarchical models, field surveys, mixed methods] |
| Software and programming | [R, Stan, Python, Git, HPC (Slurm)] |
| Languages | [English (native), Spanish (professional)] |
12. Professional memberships
- [Society name], [member since YYYY].
13. References
| Name and title | Position and institution | Relationship | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Prof. Name] | [Title, Department, University] | [PhD advisor] | [email] |
| [Dr Name] | [Title, Institution] | [Postdoctoral supervisor] | [email] |
| [Prof. Name] | [Title, Institution] | [Collaborator] | [email] |
Standard and licence note
Based on common academic practice for curricula vitae used in faculty hiring, promotion and grant applications. Citation patterns in 6.6 are paraphrased summaries; consult the official style manual for details. Original text written for this collection; example names and figures are fictional. Template licence: MIT.