A free academic CV template, auto-filled from your research record
Instead of a blank academic CV template, sign in with ORCID and SigmaCV assembles a clean, citation-formatted CV from your open research record — ready to curate and export.
A blank academic CV template still leaves you typing every entry. SigmaCV is the opposite: an academic CV that fills itself in. Sign in with ORCID and it builds a clean, citation-formatted CV from your real, public research record, so you start from your actual work instead of an empty page.
You still get full control over the layout and what appears — pick a template, choose a citation style, reorder sections, and hide anything that isn't relevant — but the heavy lifting of gathering and formatting your publications is already done. It is free for individuals and open source.
- Start from your real record, not an empty template — publications pulled from ORCID and OpenAlex by identifier, never by name.
- Pick a layout and a CSL citation style; the same canonical CV exports to PDF, DOCX, LaTeX or Markdown.
- Free for individuals and open source — you curate exactly which sections and publications appear.
We only read your public ORCID record — never post, never write anything back.
How to use the auto-filled academic CV template
- Sign in with ORCID. No blank form to fill: SigmaCV reads your public record to populate the template for you.
- Start from your real record. Your publications are pulled from ORCID and OpenAlex by identifier, and your profile is filled in automatically.
- Choose a layout and style. Pick a template and a CSL citation style; switch between layouts reversibly without losing your edits.
- Curate and export. Reorder and hide entries, then export the same canonical CV to PDF, DOCX, LaTeX or Markdown.
Why this beats a blank template
Templates solve formatting but not content — you still have to find every paper, type every detail, and format every citation. SigmaCV solves both: it assembles the content from the open record and formats the citations through one citation engine, so they are identical in every export.
And it never traps your data: switch layouts whenever you like, and download your CV in any format. Nothing is locked to a single style or to the hosted instance, which is fully self-hostable.
How is this different from a blank academic CV template?
A blank template still needs you to type every entry. SigmaCV reads your ORCID and OpenAlex record, fills the CV in for you, formats the citations consistently, and lets you curate and export it.
Is the academic CV template free?
Yes. SigmaCV is free for individuals and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. It reads only public research metadata.
Can I customize the template?
Yes. You choose the template and citation style, reorder and rename sections, and decide what shows — applied reversibly to the same underlying CV.
Is the template really free?
Yes. SigmaCV is free for individuals and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence, and it reads only public research metadata.
Do I have to use the auto-filled content?
No. Everything is curatable: keep what's yours, hide the rest, and add anything missing by DOI.