Who the Graduate Researcher template is for
If you are among researchers, PhD candidates and applicants for academic, teaching and fellowship positions, Graduate Researcher is designed for exactly that. Graduate-level CV for PhD candidates and postdocs. Leads with a Qualifications Profile and Skill Areas, followed by multi-degree Education and research-focused work experience.
Why this layout works
Room for publications, research, teaching and conference sections that a one-page commercial CV simply cannot hold.
ATS performance
Graduate Researcher scores 90/100 in NextCV's ATS analyser, meaning its structure parses cleanly through the automated screening most large employers run before human review.
At 90/100 it is the highest-scoring of the 3 academic templates in NextCV — 2 points ahead of Research CV at 88. That places it in the top 44% of the 29-template library for machine readability.
Pricing
Graduate Researcher is free. There is no trial, no export limit and no watermark on the PDF — build it, export it and apply.
Tip for the Academic format
Keep one citation style throughout and list publications newest first. Reviewers scan for recency and venue before they read titles.
Run the ATS check before you send it — the analyser flags missing keywords against the specific job description you are targeting.
How to use this template
- Install NextCV free from Google Play.
- Open Templates and select Graduate Researcher (Academic, ATS 90).
- Fill in your details, then export a watermark-free PDF.