Academic & research website templates
An academic site is a living record: papers, talks, courses and people. These templates keep each of those as a list you add to, so the site stays current without a rebuild.
There are templates for an individual researcher, a whole lab or department, and a single paper.
Templates in this category
Folio
A clean multi-page academic site with publications, projects, teaching, a blog and a CV.
Lattice
A site for a research lab or group: people, publications, research areas, news and a join-us section.
Lectora
A professor or researcher site with a sticky profile sidebar, grouped publications, talks, teaching and a CV.
Scholar
A one-page homepage for a PhD student or researcher: bio, publications, awards and a contact form.
Tenure
A multi-page faculty site: bio, research, publications, talks, projects, courses and a blog.
Thesis
A single page for one paper or research project: authors, abstract, figures, video and a BibTeX block.
Each template is an example of a website you can build with Sitelas. Sitelas sells the website builder, not the products or services these examples depict.
What people build with these
Each template was built and tested against a real kind of business. Between them, they cover:
- Professor homepage
- PhD student page
- Postdoc page
- Research scientist (job-seeking)
- Academic with blog
- Research lab homepage
- Academic group page
- Institutional department
- Principal investigator group
- Research center
- Faculty homepage
- Postdoc personal page
- Lecturer page
- Academic researcher (CV-style)
- PhD student homepage
- Postdoc page (single scroll, no blog)
- Research scientist
- Tenure-track faculty single-page
Build one by asking your AI agent
No editor required. The agent writes your copy, swaps the photos and publishes the site.
- 1Connect Sitelas to Claude, ChatGPT or another AI agent that supports MCP. How to connect
- 2Ask for it in plain words: “Build a website for a professor homepage. Pick the template that fits best.”
- 3Open the preview link it sends back, ask for changes, and publish when it reads right.
Then keep changing it from the same chat
- Rewrite the copy“Rewrite every page in a warmer, friendlier voice.”
- Change the design“Make the colours earthier and use a serif for headings.”
- Add or remove pages“Add a Pricing page and remove the Blog.”
- Rearrange sections“Move the testimonials higher and add an FAQ.”
- Swap the photos“Replace the photos with ones that fit my business.”
- Run the site“Show me this week's form messages, then publish.”
Everything here can also be done by hand in the visual editor.
Questions
Can I list my publications?
Yes. Publications are a collection: add each paper with its authors, venue and links, and it appears in the list with its own page.
Is there a template for a lab or department?
Yes. Lattice is built for a research group, with people, publications and news. The others are for an individual researcher or a single paper.
What does it cost?
Nothing to start, with no trial clock. A free site runs on a sitelas.com address; Pro is $16 a month per site ($160 a year) for your own domain, analytics and more room.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro. Point your domain at the site and the SSL certificate is issued and renewed for you.