As an undergrad applying for PhD positions, can I add to my CV that I will be mentioned in an as yet unwritten paper? I have recently completed a summer research project. In this project I completed sample preparation and preliminary analysis which will be used as a basis for further analysis. I have been told by my day to day supervisor that when this further analysis is done and published, I will be mentioned in the paper.
Can I add a line to my CV (for applying to graduate programmes), under a description of my summer project along the lines of:
&quot;I will be mentioned in the paper that utilises this work when it is written.&quot;
Is this acceptable, and of interest to application reviewers, or a waste of my CV space and their time? Note as an undergraduate about to start third year I don't yet have any publications to add to my CV.
Thank you!
It is certainly appropriate to put in a line on your CV about your participation in the project, naming it, and maybe the PI. You can also state that the work is &quot;yet to be published&quot;. Don't overstate the case, of course, but if the paper is not yet written, nor the authorship determined, you can't say, now, any more than that.
But participation in a project is itself valuable for a CV intended for graduate admissions.