CV: What can I write on my CV if my research is at an early stage?

[VickyG]

I have worked for 10 years after graduation and am applying for PhD within the field I'm currently working in. I haven't been involved in academic research at work, only several research-heavy projects. I wrote to potential supervisors, and they assured that I meet the application requirements of their programs given my degrees and previous experience.

To gain some research experience, I volunteered in a research lab in a local university a couple of months ago. I was asked to help research the literacy and compose part of the funding application. There will be opportunities to collect and analyze data once the new term begins, but that might be in a couple of months in the future. I also hope to provide my writing sample based on the literacy review part I am currently writing.

THE QUESTION: I don't know what to write in my Curriculum Vitae about this short research experience. Does what I did considered contribution in research? How do I describe my "products", my achievements or, my contribution? The project I am helping with is at a very early stage. 

Look forward to hearing from someone who have experience in academic research. Thank you!

[BabyScientist]

Generally what I do on my CV for my research experience is write a short blurb about what the lab does in general, and then use bullet points for what I do/have done there.

Example:
Smith lab: Exploring the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's with the goal of developing therapeutics.

• Cell culture (iPSC-derived astrocytes)
• Western blots
• Immunostaining
• Data analysis (GraphPad Prism, R)

[VickyG]

On 8/17/2018 at 7:37 PM, BabyScientist said:

Generally what I do on my CV for my research experience is write a short blurb about what the lab does in general, and then use bullet points for what I do/have done there.

Example:
Smith lab: Exploring the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's with the goal of developing therapeutics.

• Cell culture (iPSC-derived astrocytes)
• Western blots
• Immunostaining
• Data analysis (GraphPad Prism, R)

Thank you @BabyScientist, I followed your format and completed my CV, though my contribution is rather limited. Hopefully during this month there will be some progress in research and I can update my CV a little bit.