Include in-progress paper in CV - UG to Grad school
If a paper is sufficiently far along in the draft stage, it's common to include the paper in your CV, mentioning that it is &quot;in prep.&quot; i.e. in preparation. However, I would caution against doing this if the draft is not very far advanced -- the &quot;in prep&quot; signals that the paper will be finished and submitted to a journal soon, and it will look a bit dodgy if it isn't. Similarly, although this doesn't exactly apply to your situation, one published paper on a CV is worth much more than even two or three &quot;in prep&quot;. The supervisor of your current project will be best placed to advise you if it's ready to mention on a CV, and hopefully they will be writing you a reference letter which highlights your contributions too.