Applied physicist CV template
Applied physics careers are judged on what left the bench: the sensor that shipped, the grant held as PI, the patent filed. This template leads with exactly that — a grants-and-patents-friendly layout, hanging-indent citations, instrument-grade tidiness — in one column that parses cleanly through both university and industry screening systems.
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Built for
- ✓Applied physicists in photonics, quantum tech and instrumentation
- ✓Postdocs moving from national labs to deep-tech companies
- ✓R&D physicists in US and UK industry writing their first non-academic CV
What you get
- ✓Live on-page editing — click any text and type, paginated like the final PDF
- ✓Selectable-text PDF export with clickable email and portfolio links
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- ✓Scored 91/100 — interview-ready against the 30 published rules, measured by exporting this exact template. Certified: we only badge templates at 90 or above, a stricter bar than the 85 our checker calls interview-ready, so the design leaves headroom for your own content.
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How do I list grants and patents on a physics CV?
Grants: name the funder, amount and your role (‘£420k Innovate UK, PI’) inside the experience bullet where you won it. Patents: a line in the publications section with number, title and filing year. Both are evidence of delivery — keep them next to the work they funded.