Entries to the 3rd Best Personal Academic Websites Contest are now open. We’re excited to celebrate your website! Enter now.
Entries are open through August 15, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Winners will be announced here on The Social Academic blog in November 2025.
Thank you for helping us share this contest!
Do you have a personal academic website? Enter to win an award
I’m Jennifer van Alstyne of The Academic Designer LLC. My friends Brittany Trinh and Ian Li of Owlstown and I are teaming up again to bring you this professional development contest for
- Faculty
- Professors
- Researchers
- Scientists
- Postdocs
- Grad students
- Independent researchers
This is the 3rd annual Best Personal Academic Websites Contest. Each year, it’s inspired people like you from around the world to create space for yourself online. And to celebrate the hard work you’ve put into your website project. I’m excited that we’re back again in 2025 to celebrate your website.
This contest is now open. Entries are free. The form takes just a couple of minutes to complete.
Why you should enter
We want to recognize the hard work you’ve put into your personal academic or scientist website.
There will be awards in multiple categories. Here’s what you get if you win an award
- A line on your CV
- A digital badge for your LinkedIn profile and website
- Be featured as a top academic website in the winner’s announcement and on social media
- Bragging rights
Set up your personal academic website [Event Replay]
This event was recorded live on Zoom on August 1, 2023 at 6pm Pacific Time, hosted by Jennifer van Alstyne @HigherEdPR, Brittany Trinh @BrttnyTrnh, and Dr. Ian Li of Owlstown @Owlstown
A live conversation series for 2025 is coming soon. Stay in the loop when you subscribe to The Social Academic blog:
Resources for creating your personal academic website
Here are resources from Ian Li of Owlstown, Brittany Trinh Creative, and The Academic Designer LLC to help you make your website. Our goal is to help as many people as possible. Please share with your friends.
RESOURCES ON THE SOCIAL ACADEMIC BY CATEGORY
Question about the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest?
Hi, I’m Jennifer van Alstyne. I’m happy to answer your question.
Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
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