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academic-cv

Build or tailor an academic CV for faculty, postdoc, research or fellowship applications: publications, grants, teaching, supervision and service in the order the field expects, with consistent citations. Use when asked to write my academic CV, update my CV for a lectureship, tenure-track or postdoc application, format my publications list, or adapt my academic CV for an industry research role. Produces the full academic CV, a field-appropriate section order, a clean publications list in one citation style, and a two-page summary version when asked.

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Use academic-cv to build a tailored academic CV for [post and country] in [field and citation style] from [academic record], including field-appropriate section order, consistent publications, and a two-page version if appropriate.

Required inputs

  • [post and country]
  • [field and citation style]
  • [academic record]

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name: academic-cvdescription: "Build or tailor an academic CV for faculty, postdoc, research or fellowship applications: publications, grants, teaching, supervision and service in the order the field expects, with consistent citations. Use when asked to write my academic CV, update my CV for a lectureship, tenure-track or postdoc application, format my publications list, or adapt my academic CV for an industry research role. Produces the full academic CV, a field-appropriate section order, a clean publications list in one citation style, and a two-page summary version when asked."version: 1.0.0

Academic CV

An academic CV is a complete record, not a summary. Hiring committees look for the same things in a fixed order: research, funding, teaching, service. Length is expected; inconsistency is not. This skill builds the record, orders it for the field and the post, and formats every citation the same way.

Part of the pm-cv bundle.

What This Skill Produces

  • The full academic CV
  • A section order for the field and post type, with the reason
  • A publications list in one citation style, with the person's name in bold
  • A short version (two pages) for fellowships or industry research roles, when asked

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The post: lectureship or assistant professor, postdoc, research fellow, industry research, and the institution's country
  • The field, because conventions differ (author order, conference versus journal weight)
  • The record: publications, grants, teaching, supervision, talks, service, awards
  • The citation style the field uses, or permission to choose the common one

Framework

Typical order (adjust by field and post):

  1. Contact and current position
  2. Research interests (two lines)
  3. Education, with thesis title and supervisor
  4. Appointments
  5. Publications, split: peer-reviewed journal articles; conference papers; books and chapters; preprints and under review (labelled as such)
  6. Grants and funding: funder, title, role, amount, years
  7. Awards and fellowships
  8. Teaching: courses, level, role, student numbers
  9. Supervision: students, level, status
  10. Invited talks and conference presentations
  11. Service: reviewing, committees, organising
  12. Public engagement and impact, where the system values it
  13. References, if the country expects them on the CV

Rules:

  • Reverse chronological within each section.
  • One citation style throughout. The person's name in bold. Equal-contribution marks explained once.
  • "Under review" and "in preparation" are labelled honestly and never listed as published.
  • For computer science and similar fields, top conferences may outrank journals; put them first.

Output Format

Academic CV: [name], [post]

1. The CV 2. Section order and why 3. Citation check: inconsistencies found and fixed 4. Short version (if asked)

Quality Checks

  • Every publication uses the same citation style
  • Unpublished work is labelled as under review or in preparation
  • Grants show the person's role (principal investigator, co-investigator, named researcher)
  • Section order fits the field and post
  • Nothing is listed that the person did not provide

Anti-Patterns

  • Mixing citation styles. Committees notice and read it as carelessness.
  • Inflating status. A submitted paper is not "forthcoming".
  • Hiding teaching for a teaching-heavy post, or hiding research for a research post.
  • Using the full CV for industry. Industry research roles want the short version.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Update my academic CV for a lectureship application in the UK."
  • "Format my publications list properly."
  • "I'm applying for a postdoc. Help me order my CV."
  • "Turn my academic CV into a two-page version for an industry research role."