quick (hopefully) cv question

[Psychology 76]

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If I'm in the process of doing research how exactly do I put that on my CV?
Or do I put it on there at all? I'll hopefully have a poster and an authorship by the end of my current research but right now I have nothing so do I even mention it? Thank you!

 

[krisrox]

If I'm in the process of doing research how exactly do I put that on my CV?
Or do I put it on there at all? I'll hopefully have a poster and an authorship by the end of my current research but right now I have nothing so do I even mention it? Thank you!

Right now, you can mention that your research project is in progress and describe it. If you have already submitted it for authorship/conferences you can say it's been submitted, but otherwise you can't put "hopeful authorship" or something like that.

 

[Ollie123]

Agreed. "Under review" or "Submitted" is perfectly acceptable.

What I would recommend is including it in the description of lab duties under the RA position (I assume this is where your pubs would be coming from). If its clear you are taking an authorship-worthy role in the research (i.e. conducting analyses, experimental design, writing), and you are not just a "Hand out questionnaires, enter data, and whatever else doesn't take too much thinkin" kind of RA, its going to be fine. In some cases, this may look better...I've met some folks with authorship on research they clearly didn't know a darn thing about, and faculty know this.

So basically..."Research Experience" section where you list labs and your official role in them, then a description of duties that makes it clear you are in the process of writing up a study.

 

[Psychology 76]

Thanks for the responses! I guess I should have more clear but I just started these two projects about 2 weeks ago for my internship. So basically its okay to put that the current project is in process and a brief description of what I'm doing and will be doing?

 

[Ollie123]

Oh. Yeah, that's fine. You're nowhere near the write-up stage so you can't really even be thinking about the publications/presentations section yet. You may or may not be included on papers, posters, depending on your role, how good a job you do, etc. It might be 5 years before they're written up.

Its like a "Work experience" section of a resume right now. Nothing goes in there for posters/pubs until you're actually in the production stage.

 

[futureapppsy2]

You could mention it under your "Research experiencew" section for now:

"Research assistant [or Principal investigator], site/lab/faculty name, dates of your internship
Description: [your duties and a brief summary of the type of project]"

 

[deadmau5]

^ that's what I have done... mention any publications that you have helped work on.

 

[Psychology 76]

You could mention it under your "Research experiencew" section for now:

"Research assistant [or Principal investigator], site/lab/faculty name, dates of your internship
Description: [your duties and a brief summary of the type of project]"

thank you 🙂