Academic Job Market

Academic Job Market

Build your academic job applications using these tips and templates.

This section covers the core documents that make up an academic job package: the CV, academic cover letter, research statement, teaching statement, and diversity statement. Each of these documents should be tailored to speak to the specific needs of the program to which you are applying. The following pages speak to best practices and standards across disciplines. You should check with your department to ensure that you incorporate discipline-specific standards into these documents.

A scientific approach to navigating the academic job market

Sofia Beas & Kirstie A. Cummings 

Neuropsychopharmacology  volume 47, pages 621–627 (2022)

After consulting with your mentors, you have decided to go on the job market this year [1,2,3]. Congratulations! This is a huge milestone. One that …

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