Research Scientist Sample CVs
Browse a free Research Scientist sample CV and template. Upload your own CV and generate a tailored version with AI in under 60 seconds.
Select a style to preview a sample Research Scientist CV
What makes a strong Research Scientist CV
- Lead with your research field and institutional affiliations or industry background
- Quantify output: publications, citations, H-index, grant funding secured
- List laboratory techniques, instruments, or computational methods you have mastered
- Include grant writing successes: ARC, NHMRC, NIH, industry-funded projects
- Showcase PhD supervision, postdoc mentoring, or collaborative research leadership
Key skills employers look for
Experimental Design
Hypothesis development, study design, controls, sample size calculation, reproducibility
Laboratory Techniques
Specify domain-specific methods: genomics, proteomics, cell culture, imaging, synthesis
Data Analysis
R, Python, MATLAB, SPSS, bioinformatics pipelines, statistical modelling, visualisation
Research Communication
Peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, grant writing, technical reports
How to tailor your CV
Step 1 Load documents
Load my old CV
Job description
Step 2 Options & Generate
Options
Generate CV
Step 3 Convert, Edit, Apply