Curriculum Vitae and Candidate's Statement - Showcasing Your Accomplishments

Professoriate (MCL, UTL, RL, TL)

Overview

The curriculum vitae and candidate's statement are the faculty member's voice in their reappointment and promotion considerations. They are sent to internal and external referees, who will write letters evaluating the case for reappointment or promotion.  They are also included in the long form that is reviewed by committees at the Department, School, and University.

Candidate's Statement

The candidate's statement is a three page long discussion of accomplishments in research, teaching, and clinical work.  There is no required format.

Guidelines for the Candidate's Statement

Curriculum Vitae

Keeping Current

It is important to always keep your CV up to date by systematically collecting and recording relevant achievements as they occur.  These might include:

  • publications - articles, reviews, case reports, book chapters, abstracts
  • extramural and intramural grants and awards
  • teaching awards
  • national service - membership/leadership in national academic organizations, journal review, editorial boards, study sections, grant review
  • invited presentations

Format

There is no required format for faculty CV's, but there are some requirements:

  • List peer-reviewed original research articles must be listed separately from all other publications - suggested:
    • original research articles published in peer-reviewed journals
    • all other publications in peer-reviewed journals (reviews, case reports, letters, replies, opinions, commentaries, editorials)
    • non-peer-reviewed articles
    • book chapters
    • books
    • abstracts
  • Remove all dollar amounts from grants (University requirement)
  • For all grants, note granting agency, title, PI, your role if not PI, and dates of funding
  • Stanford faculty terms must be listed with all start and end dates in mm/dd/yy format
  • All grants, awards, etc must be listed only once (for example, do not list under "Honors and Awards" as well as "Current Funding")

Helpful Documents

Guidelines - one page description of recommended CV format

  • Guidelines:  Annotating Middle-Author Articles - it is recommended that, for your current faculty term, you annotate all articles on which you were not first or senior author, explaining your role in the study
  • Sample CV - a fictitious example demonstrating the recommended format

Reappointment and Promotion

Faculty Resources