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Time to rethink the scientific CV

Fresh formats showcase researchers’ work more effectively.
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In December 2021, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the largest public funder of UK science, announced that it was abandoning the use of the conventional CV — curriculum vitae — in funding applications. The funding body said it would adopt a new type of CV to “enable people to better demonstrate their contributions to research, teams, and wider society”.

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Nature 604, 203-205 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00928-4

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