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What is the 3MT® Competition?

The  Three Minute Thesis  (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. This event challenges graduate students to present a compelling speech about their research and its significance to non-academic persons in just three minutes using only one presentation image. 3MT® commenced in 2008 and is currently held in over 900 universities across more than 85 countries worldwide. In 2020, the 3MT® competition moved to a temporary virtual format due to COVID-19 and continues to be held around the world in either a virtual or live format (depending on local COVID-19 restrictions).

The goals of the competition are to (1) highlight the excellent research conducted by graduate students and (2) improve graduate students’ communication of research to non-specialist and non-academic audiences. The judges of the competition are educated professionals in a variety of positions in corporate, government, and non-profit industries. 

3MT® Timeline

March-april.

Graduate students are invited to register for the 3MT® Competition.

Graduate students registered for the 3MT® Competition will be required to participate in workshops to prepare them for the competition.

The Preliminary Heats usually take place in the first week of November to determine the graduate students that will advance to the final round of the competition one week later.

The KU winner moves on to represent KU at the regional 3MT® Competition, which takes place in late March or early April during the annual meeting of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS). 

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Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

During each competition, graduate students will have three minutes to present a compelling discussion on their research topic, including its significance and relevance, to the general public. 3MT® is not an exercise in trivializing or "dumbing down" research, instead, it forces competitors to consolidate their ideas and crystallize their research discoveries. This is a fast-paced competition where the top 10 finalists compete by summarizing their two to three-plus years of research in only three minutes with only one slide.  Cash awards are given to the winner, runner-up, and People's Choice Award winner.

3MT® at Purdue

Enrolled graduate students in all disciplines at Purdue University are eligible to participate in 3MT®. Research presented must have been conducted at Purdue University, not from a previous degree, and should be in the final stages so students have some sound conclusions and impacts to present. Purdue Alumni are not eligible to participate.

Purdue holds its annual 3MT® competition early each spring. It is a celebration of the discoveries made by graduate students and will allow the broader community to learn about ongoing research at Purdue. It is free and open to the public. Cash awards are given to the winner, runner-up, and People's Choice Award winner.

2024 Competition Timeline

• Friday, February 9, 11:59 PM -  Faculty Nominations Due
• Monday, March 3, 11:59 PM - Student Submissions Due
• Monday, April 14  - Rehearsal, Fowler Hall 5:00 p.m. EST - mandatory
• Tuesday, April 15 -  Competition, Fowler Hall, 7:00 p.m. EST

 Cash Awards

• 1st place $5,000 
• 2nd place $3,000 
• People's Choice $2,000 

A panel of judges will select the first and second-place winners, while the People's Choice Award will be selected by the audience.

2024 Winners

First place: kevin alessandro bautista, engineering.

Second Place: Thomas Clarke, Science

People’s Choice: Jeanine Arana, Agriculture

Graduate Student Submissions

The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars welcomes submissions from all Purdue University disciplines. 

Please read the 3MT® competition rules in the drop-down button below.

Video Competitor Guide

• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or "movement" of any description).
• No additional electronic media (e.g., sound and video files) are permitted.
• No additional props (e.g., costumes, musical instruments or laboratory equipment) are permitted.
• Presentations are limited to three minutes maximum, and competitors exceeding three minutes are disqualified.
• The decision of the judging panel is final, and People's Choice voting results will not be released.
• All presentations will be videotaped and will appear on the graduate school 3MT® website.
• Students who are over the cost of attendance allowance may not be eligible for prizes.

Each 3MT® presentation will be judged based on communication style, comprehension, and engagement. Please view our archive of video presentations made by past winners .

Please email the program administrators at  [email protected]  if you have any questions!

Samantha O'Sullivan (Physics / African American Studies)

Gullah Physics: Challenging English Language Hegemony in Science

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Sahar Mariam Mohammadzadeh (Government)

The Impact of Twitter on the Supreme Court

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Stephanie Alderete (Psychology)

Preschoolers' Ability to Think about Alternative Possibilities

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Alex Grayson (Molecular & Cellular Biology)

Comparing Fox and Human Brain Connectivity Patterns

Javin Pombra (Computer Science)

Unraveling the Black Box: Explainability for Artificial Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century

Zelin Liu (Classics / History)

Using the Past to Define Group Identity

Jerrica Li (Comparative Literature)

Diaspora: A Genre for This New Planetary Reality

Jahnavi Rao (Government)

The Spillover Potential of a Nudge

Daiana Lilo (Government / Data Science)

A Great Personality: How Different Characteristics Can Predict Supreme Court Decisions

Three Minute Thesis

3MT ® is an international research communication competition in which graduate students explain their research to a general audience. Students in research-based master’s and PhD programs from all disciplines are eligible to compete, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.

2023-2024 Competition

Eleven students competed in the 2023-24 Three Minute Thesis ® final competition on February 16, 2024. To watch the winner’s recorded presentations, click on the title of their talks below.

First Place and People’s Choice Award: Rudy Dieudonne

Lighting, Noise & Behaviors

Second Place: Katie Ryan

Microbes vs Worms: Searching Nature for New Antiparasitic Compounds

Third Place: Kristen Kehl-Floberg

Getting the Signal: Brain fog and disability in Long COVID

What to expect when you compete in the 3MT:

Preparation (4 to 7 hours)

• Read the rules, requirements, and judging criteria
• Browse the resources in the Canvas site, which you’ll receive access to after registering
• View example presentations
• Attend or watch the video of the the Writing Center workshop “You’re Researching What? Crafting a 3-Minute Research Talk that Appeals to the Public” – available in Canvas (optional but encouraged)
• Meet with a DesignLab consultant (optional but encouraged)
• Create your slide, develop your presentation, and practice
• Divisional semi-finals

Additionally, the winner of the finals will travel to St. Louis to represent UW–Madison at the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) regional 3MT ® competition in spring 2024.

For Competitors

• Requirements & rules
• Judging criteria
• Prize levels
• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted. No slide transitions, animations or ‘movement’ of any description are allowed. The slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration.
• No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) is permitted.
• No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.
• Presentations are limited to three minutes maximum and competitors exceeding three minutes are disqualified.
• Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
• Presentations are to commence from the stage.
• Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through either movement or speech.
• The decision of the judging panel is final.

At every level of the competition, each competitor will be assessed on the judging criteria listed below. Each criterion is equally weighted.

Comprehension and content

• Presentation provided clear background and significance to the research question
• Presentation provided clear positionality* of the presenter to the research and research approach
• Presentation clearly described the research strategy/design and the results/findings of the research
• Presentation clearly described the conclusions, outcomes and impact of the research

*Positionality is the social and political context that creates your identity in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability status. Positionality also describes how your identity influences, and potentially biases, your understanding of and outlook on the world.

Engagement and communication

• The oration was delivered clearly, and the language was appropriate for a non-specialist audience
• The PowerPoint slide was well-defined and enhanced the presentation
• The presenter conveyed enthusiasm for their research and captured and maintained the audience’s attention

Semi-Final Winners: $100 each

• First place: $1,000
• Second place: $750
• Third place: $500
• People’s choice: $500

3MT Communication Badge

Graduate students participating in the 2023-24 3MT ® competition will be the first students eligible to earn the UW-Madison Graduate School’s 3MT Communication Badge .

Why earn a digital badge?

A badge demonstrates that you have gone above and beyond academic requirements to acquire specialized knowledge or expertise in a particular area. Badges serve as a visual representation of accomplishments, can enhance your resume or curriculum vitae, and showcase your achievements to prospective employers. Digital badges are easily shareable on social media, personal websites, and professional profiles.

How do I earn the 3MT ® Communication Badge?

All semi-finals participants will be evaluated by competition judges on their ability to adapt messages to meet the needs of diverse audiences, create graphics as a communication tool that enhances the message, and demonstrate competence in presentation skills. If judges determine that all of these learning objectives have been met, you will be eligible to earn the badge at no cost to you. Decisions about earning the badge are separate from the judges’ decisions about which competitors advance to finals. The Graduate School will provide additional information about badges.

The Three Minute Thesis ® Final Competition is presented by The Madison Chapter of Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) and the Graduate School Office of Professional Development.

Sponsorship and judging are provided by BioForward, Elephas, Promega, Stem Pharm, Thermo Fisher, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Science is Fun, and various individuals at UW–Madison.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. Ph.D. researchers have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance. The idea behind it is to increase researchers’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills, capacities needed to effectively explain a research topic in three minutes and in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience .

Since its first launch by The University of Queensland in 2008, 3MT® has been held in over  600 universities across more than 85 countries worldwide .

The 3MT® competition organised at the EUI is open to the Ph.D. researchers of all four EUI disciplines who have completed the 1 st year of their studies and who have a clear outline and plan for their research.

The 3MT® competition will not be organised until further notice

How does it work.

• Prepare a presentation of minimum 2 and maximum 3 minutes of your research topic. Only 1 static slide can be used to support the presentation.
• Send a sample video of you speaking for 3 minutes to [email protected] .
• The presentations are held live at the EUI.
• They will be evaluated by a  jury according to an established set of criteria   and also by the audience (“people’s prize”).
• The presentations will be filmed.
• Certificates and prizes will be awarded to the top three winners.
• The videos of the top three winners will be published on the EUI website and widely distributed through the institute’s social media channels.

Why participate?

• To develop your ability to explain your work effectively to a non-specialized audience, a core skill when working in both academic and non-academic environments.
• To help you identify your strengths and weaknesses when communicating a subject as complex as your research, in a clear and concise manner.
• The video of your presentation can be added to your online profile and shared with people interested in your work.
• Last but not least, you might win a prize!

  Watch a 3MT® presentation example

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Graduate Education

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2024 3MT Winners

Master's Winner - $1,000     Karina Bhattacharya     MID, Industrial Design     Co-Design with Neurodivergent Students and Recent Graduates to Reimagine Design Education

Winner - $2,000     Alexandra Patterson     Ph.D., Bioengineering     Next Generation At-Home Diagnostics Powered by CRISPR

2nd Place - $1,500     Kantwon Rogers     Ph.D., Computer Science     What Happens When a Robot Lies to You?

3rd Place - $1,000     Valeria Juarez     Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering     Spatially Patterned Immune Organoids for Vaccine Screening

People's Choice - $500     Kantwon Rogers     Ph.D., Computer Science     What Happens When a Robot Lies to You?

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.

Currently enrolled master's and doctoral students who are actively engaged in original research are eligible to participate in the competition. Students must be available to participate in person for one of the preliminary rounds and for the final competition, if selected. 

Learn More About 3MT

Eligibility, rules, judging criteria and more.

Register for the 3MT competition.

See the 3MT competition timeline.

Past Winners

Access the list of past winners and their award-winning presentations.

View past judges for the 3MT competition.

Additional Resources

Award-winning presentations.

Wondering what award-winning Georgia Tech 3MT presentations looks like? Check out the following videos:

• 2020 Second Place Winner, Muhammad Saad Zia, Mitigating Beam Alignment Errors in Millimeter-Wave Communications to Go Beyond 5G
• 2020 Third Place and People's Choice Winner, Megan McSweeney, AptaTrigger: A Novel Biosensor Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
• 2019 Winner, Paola Zanella, Mitigation of Helicopter Accidents Related to Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
• 2018 Winner, Nusaiba Baker, Oral Delivery of DNA-enzyme Nanoparticles Ameliorates Inflammation in a Murine Model of Ulcerative Colitis

Curious about what award-winning videos from other 3MT competitions include? Check out this link:

• Presentations from competitions around the world

Campus Partners

The Georgia Tech 3MT competition is coordinated by the Office of Graduate Education in partnership with the following campus partners:

• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Communication Center
• Language Institute
• Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

For more information about the Georgia Tech 3MT competition:

• Contact: Casey Hendricks at [email protected]

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All 2023 entries can be viewed here

Three Minute Thesis

Winners announced for our 3MT Competition 2024!

Our 3MT Competitors for 2024

2024 Competition

How to Apply

Our 2024 competition took place in-person, Friday 14 June 2024 at 1pm in Queens LT2, Queens Building, Streatham Campus. 

The prizes for this year's competition are as follows:

• 1st prize £100 voucher
• 2nd prize £75 voucher
• 3rd prize £50 voucher
• People's Choice winner £50 voucher

The winners of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition are:

• 1 st  place -  Felix Sadebeck with  Cowtious Livestock Management: Towards a Better Tomorrow Through Roman Cattle Remains
• 2nd place – Luke Weymouth with  Epigenetics of Alzheimer’s disease: Longer reads, better data!
• 3 rd  place -  Prashanth Saseedharan with  Intervertebral disc on a chip
• Joint People's Choice Award : Felix Sadebeck with Cowtious Livestock Management: Towards a Better Tomorrow Through Roman Cattle Remains and Lyndsey Carmichael with  The Experiences of International Postgraduate Students in Distance Higher Education

An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present.

Your time limit…3 minutes!

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a National competition for postgraduate research students, run by research organisation Vitae. 3MT® challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. The first 3MT® was held at The University of Queensland in Australia in 2008, and has been nationwide in the UK by Vitae since 2014. More information about the history of 3MT® can be found on the  Vitae  and  3MT®  websites.

We are continuing to run the 3MT competition according to guidance from Vitae, and the rules set out by The University of Queensland. The process will be as follows:

• This competition is open to all current 'in progress' PGRs at any stage of their doctoral journey. MRes students and students on interruption are not eligible due to international rules.
• PGRs who wish to enter the competition should complete the  application form   by 5pm on Monday 27   May. Please note that we are unable to accept applications after this deadline. 
• Participants will be contacted for a timeslot to present their 3MT in-person to a panel of judges in an in-person event on Streatham Campus in Queens LT2, Queens Building, on Friday 14 June, 1-3pm.
• Participants will be asked to send their single PowerPoint slide to [email protected] by 3pm on Monday 3rd June.
• These live presentations will be judged by the judges in-person with the PowerPoint slides, who will independently score the presentations
• The scores will be combined and an average taken to identify our top three entries
• We will invite PGRs and staff to join us on campus to support our participants and enable the wider community to vote for a People’s Choice winner.

Training courses

Check out our Presentation skills for researchers course material on ELE for tips. We also have a blog post from the 2023 3 Minute Thesis winner Michael Schrauben , which contains some handy advice and the benefits of doing a 3 Minute Thesis presentation.

Registration for Three Minute Thesis 2024 will open on Monday 18 March , and will close at 5pm on Monday 27th May .

You will need to prepare a brief abstract (maximum 650 characters inc. spaces) for your presentation, which will need to go in your application form.

Three Minute Thesis Rules

Make sure you read the international 3MT® rules before applying:

• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any description, the slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration).
• No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
• No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.
• Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
• Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
• Presentations are to commence from the stage.
• Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through movement or speech.
• The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.

Conditions of entry

All entrants must be a current ‘in progress’ doctoral postgraduate researchers at the University of Exeter – MRes students and students on interruption, are not eligible due to international rules.

Three Minute Thesis Judging Criteria

Comprehension and content

• Did the presentation provide an understanding of the background and significance to the research question being addressed, while explaining terminology and avoiding jargon?
• Did the presentation clearly describe the impact and/or results of the research, including conclusions and outcomes?
• Did the presentation follow a clear and logical sequence?
• Was the thesis topic, research significance, results/impact and outcomes communicated in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience?
• Did the presenter spend adequate time on each element of their presentation - or did they elaborate for too long on one aspect or was the presentation rushed?

Engagement and communication

• Did the oration make the audience want to know more?
• Was the presenter careful not to trivialise or generalise their research?
• Did the presenter convey enthusiasm for their research?
• Did the presenter capture and maintain their audience's attention?
• Did the speaker have sufficient stage presence, eye contact and vocal range; maintain a steady pace, and have a confident stance?
• Did the PowerPoint slide enhance the presentation - was it clear, legible, and concise?

The judging panel this year will be:

• Professor Stacey Hynd,  Dean of Postgraduate Research and the Doctoral College  (Head Judge)
• Professor Kate Ellacott, Faculty Director of PGR for Health and Life Sciences
• Professor Jon Blount, Faculty Director of PGR for  Environment, Science and Economy
• Dr Chris Wood, Head of Researcher Development and Research Culture 

3 Minute Thesis 2023

Our 2023 competition has now taken place and the winners were:

• 1 st  place -   Nell Hartney , Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy  -  Weather in a puddle: using simple models in forecasting research
• Joint second place –   Jamie Plaatjes , Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy - Circular Businesses Representing the Social Interests ; Belinda Li , Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences -  L2 Motivation, Career Choices, Gender
• 3 rd  place - Hind Sabah Bilal , Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences -  Representations of Women’s Agency in Iraqi Plays about War and Terrorism
• People's Choice Award :  Belinda Li , Faculty oF Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences - L2 Motivation, Career Choices, Gender

You can watch the 3MT event here .

3 Minute Thesis 2022

Our 2022 competition has now taken place and the winners were:

• 1 st  place -   Michael Schrauben , College of Medicine and Health - Harnessing Gene Editing tools to understand Alzheimer's Disease 
• Joint second place –  Fatma Sabet , College of Social Sciences and International Studies - Sustainable school meals in England: A realist evaluation;  Ollie Lewis , College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences - Measuring Humidity: Plane and Simple!
• 3 rd  place - William Rees , College of Humanities - Manifesting Decadence: How Nineteenth Century Decadence Shaped 1970s Disco Culture  

You can  watch all the presentations online now .

3 Minute Thesis 2021

Our 2021 winners were:

1st place-  Communities of Risk: Dealing with the Unpredictable in the Age of Sail - Jake Dyble

2nd place-  Stick to the status quo: How justifying the justice system affects juror verdicts - Maddy Millar

Joint 3rd place-  Remote sensing for heritage preservation and tracing possible archaeology- Israa Kadhim

Joint 3rd place-  Social Identity Switching - How effective is it and how much control do we have- Anna Zinn

People's Choice-  Communities of Risk: Dealing with the Unpredictable in the Age of Sail - Jake Dyble

3 Minutes Thesis 2020

Our 2020 winners can be found below:

1st place-  Jessica Hill- 'You've got Mail'

2nd place-  Shayma Alathari- 'Development and application of genomic tools for ISKNV outbreaks in tilapia: Giving Power to Farmers' 

3rd place-  Asqa Farooq- 'Fighting Fake News: How to save a generation from misinformation' 

People Choice Vote:

-  Paige Robinson- 'The gift of knowledge: Do the experience a fish have help their future generations deal with the world?

-  Jane Masoli- 'Blood pressure in older adults' 

You can view all the entries for this year's  competition here . 

3 Minutes Thesis 2019

Our 2019 prize winners are as follows:

• 1st Place – Jennifer Finlay (CLES) -  Cleaning up salmon farming with lumpfish
• 2nd Place – Hannah Meinertzhagen (CLES) -  How does wind affect seabirds?
• 3rd Place – Nina Van Volkinburg (UEBS) -  Disruption to Destruction: The Effects of Digital Disruption on the Value Creation Processes within the Fashion Industry
• People's Choice - Jennifer Finlay (CLES) -  Cleaning up salmon farming with lumpfish

Jennifer Finlay went on to represent the University of Exeter in the National Semi-Finals.

3 Minute Thesis 2018

Our 2018 prize winners were as follows:

• 1 st  Place – Harriet Goodrich (CLES) –  Using integrative physiology to optimise diets for sustainable aquaculture
• 2 nd  Place – Joo Hou Ng (CLES) -  How willingness to adapt to British culture shapes international students’ experiences of, and performance within, different spaces on campus
• 3 rd  Place – Anne Blancflower (SSIS)  -  Kurdish cross-border, multi-party cooperation from the 1890s to the present

Harriet Goodrich went onto represent the University of Exeter in the National Semi-Finals.

3 Minute Thesis 2017

Our 2017 prize winners were as follows:

• 1 st  Place –  Tim Gordon Marine Biology (CLES) –  Helping Nemo Find Home
• 2 nd  Place –  Holly East  Geography (CLES)  -  Maldivian Coral Reef Islands: A Drowning Nation ?
• 3 rd  Place -  Elisabeth Matthews  Astrophysics (CEMPS)  Through the Looking Glass

Tim Gordon went on to represent the University of Exeter in the National Semi-Finals.

View our photos from the 2017 3 Minute Thesis competition here .  

3 Minute Thesis 2016

Our 2016 prize winners were as follows:

• 1st Place- Simon Dickinson Geography (CLES) - How is Welfare Constituted Post-disaster? Exploring Emergent Spaces of Public Action After the Christchurch (New Zealand) 2010-11 Earthquakes
• 2nd Place- Lauric Ferrat Mathematics (EMPS)-   Emulation of Mathematical Models to Study Epilepsy
• 3rd Place- Elisabeth Matthews- Astrophysics (EMPS)-   Using Telescopes and Rainbows to Take Photographs of Planets

Simon Dickinson went on to repsent the University of Exeter in the National Semi-Finals. 

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Physics ph.d. candidate wins 2024 three minute thesis competition.

“I want you to remember a time when you were in a setting where you felt like you didn’t belong. I want you to remember how you felt in that setting, maybe isolated or out of place, and how much you felt like you wanted to continue going back to that setting—probably not much. These feelings are all too familiar for undergraduate women pursuing their studies in science, and in physics specifically,” began Meagan Sundstrom, a doctoral candidate in physics at the ninth annual Cornell University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Alongside seven other finalists, Sundstrom presented her dissertation research in just three minutes on March 20 to a panel of judges and an audience from across campus while additional friends, family, advisors, and lab mates watched online. In the first in-person Cornell 3MT since 2019, presentations were judged by how clearly and compellingly students summarized their research to a general audience, using only one static slide.

Sundstrom’s presentation, “Recognizing and Removing Barriers for Women in Physics,” earned her first place and $1,500. Second place and $1,000 was awarded to information science doctoral student Sterling Williams-Ceci for her presentation, “AI Helps us Write – but at What Cost?”

After nearly 60 in-person and 70 virtual audience members cast their ballots, votes were tallied and the People’s Choice Award and $250 were presented to biomedical and biological sciences doctoral candidate Sharada Gopal for her presentation, “Worming Our Way to a Longer Life.”

This year’s judges included Jane Bunker, director of Cornell University Press; Joe Ellis, director of online degree program development at eCornell; David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability; and Bob Riter, patient advocate for the Cornell Community Cancer Partnership. Organization of the competition and coaching of presenters was provided by the Graduate School Office of Career and Professional Development.

“As grad students, there are a lot of opportunities to give your elevator pitch at conferences and more professional settings to more senior people in your field, and I thought this would be a really cool opportunity for me to try to tailor that pitch to a more general audience—how would I describe my research to my family and friends?—so that was fun,” said Sundstrom.

Being able to “zoom out” and view her topic from a different perspective was also helpful for Sundstrom, who is currently writing her dissertation and appreciates having both formulated a storyline and thought about the broader impacts of her work.

Williams-Ceci similarly enjoyed the chance to speak to a different type of audience than she is used to addressing.

“I hadn’t really had an opportunity in grad school to try communicating to a broad audience, it’s always just to my lab, so I wanted to practice having a chance to really tell a story and not just go through the slides,” she said. “It really helped me know for a fact that I can tell a convincing story about a project that I’ve done.”

Gopal shared that the 3MT was a fun way to combine her longtime artistic interests with her science.

“It seemed like such a fun event. I did a lot of theatre in college so I thought, ‘What can I do artistically here?’ and this seemed like a good mix of my scientific interest and my artistic theatre interests,” she said, adding that she also benefitted from looking at the bigger picture of her work and its impacts.

The 3MT competition was first held in 2008 at the University of Queensland and has since been adopted by over 900 universities in over 85 countries. 3MT challenges research degree students to present a compelling story on their dissertation or thesis and its significance in just three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

Cornell’s Graduate School first hosted a 3MT competition in 2015 and the event has grown steadily since that time. As the winner of Cornell’s competition, Sundstrom will now go on to compete in northeast regional competitions.

“Our Three Minute Thesis final round is a highlight of the year for those of us in the Graduate School—literally we talk about it all year long,” said Kathryn J. Boor, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education. “We look forward to it because it’s just plain fun, and it’s an opportunity for us to watch and learn from our accomplished and creative graduate researchers.”

“I could not possibly be more proud of the work we saw,” she said.

2024 3MT Finalists

Watch the 2024 Three Minute Thesis final competition .

First Place: Meagan Sundstrom, physics doctoral candidate

Watch Meagan Sundstrom’s presentation .

Special Committee Chair: Natasha Holmes

Area of Research: Physics education research, peer recognition

Biography: Meagan Sundstrom is a doctoral candidate in physics. Her research uses social network analysis to examine undergraduate physics students’ recognition of their strong peers, with a particular focus on the role of gender in such recognition.

Favorite Thing About Cornell: State parks and ice cream!

Second Place: Sterling Williams-Ceci, information science doctoral student

Watch Sterling Williams-Ceci’s presentation .

Special Committee Chairs: Michael Macy and Mor Naaman

Area of Research: Psychological impacts of technology

Biography: Sterling Williams-Ceci is a Ph.D. student in information science co-advised by Michael Macy and Mor Naaman. She graduated summa cum laude as a Merrill Presidential Scholar from Cornell University in 2021 with a B.A. in psychology and as a college scholar. She studies how our interactions with technologies shape our attitudes and beliefs.

Favorite Thing About Cornell: The wonderful people I’ve gotten to work with and learn from.

People’s Choice Award: Sharada Gopal, biomedical and biological sciences doctoral candidate

Watch Sharada Gopal’s presentation .

Special Committee Chair: Siu Sylvia Lee

Area of Research: Aging

Biography: Sharada is a fourth year doctoral candidate. Prior to starting her Ph.D. she obtained her master’s in biomedical engineering from Cornell. Apart from her Ph.D. she enjoys public speaking, cooking, hiking with her dog, and swimming in beautiful waterfalls and lakes in Ithaca.

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Cátia Dombaxe, biomedical engineering doctoral candidate

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Special Committee Chair: Yadong Wang

Area of Research: Tissue regeneration, drug delivery, and biomaterials

Biography: Cátia P. Dombaxe is a biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate whose research focuses on tissue regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury. She founded STEAMpact Foundation, aiding STEM education in rural Angola. Dombaxe is passionate about STEM and photography, and she aims to empower young minds worldwide.

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Amanda Domingues, science and technology studies doctoral candidate

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Special Committee Chair: Rachel Prentice

Area of Research: Ethics in scientific research

Biography: Amanda Domingues is a Ph.D. candidate in science and technology studies (STS). STS scholars study the social implications of science and technology. Her research explores how scientists have approached the challenges of incorporating community partners in their research projects. She is interested in what is at stake when science and ethics intersect.

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Viviana Maymi, biomedical and biological sciences doctoral candidate/doctor of veterinary medicine candidate

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Special Committee Chair: Brian Rudd

Area of Research: CD8+ T cell immunology, T cell exhaustion

Biography: Viviana is a dual D.V.M./Ph.D. candidate in biomedical and biological sciences. She graduated with a B.A. in neurobiology from Harvard in 2018. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the T cell response to chronic infection. She hopes her findings will push forth new treatments for humans and animals alike.

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Agustín Olivo, animal science doctoral candidate

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Special Committee Chair: Quirine Ketterings

Area of Research: Dairy systems’ environmental sustainability

Biography: Agustín Olivo is Ph.D. candidate in the department of animal science, part of the Nutrient Management Spear Program. His work focuses on assessing and benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient use efficiency in New York dairies. He holds a B.S. from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, and a M.S. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Jerry Richardson, psychology doctoral candidate

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Special Committee Chair: David Pizarro and Tom Gilovich

Area of Research: Moral psychology

Biography: Jerry is a Ph.D. candidate in psychology mentored by David Pizarro and Tom Gilovich. He holds degrees from the University of Maryland (B.A.) and Cornell University (M.A.). Following a 24-year arts career, his research explores moral psychology, focusing on altruism, empathy, cynicism, prosocial behavior, and moral emotions’ origins and impacts.

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2024 Final Round 3MT Competition

• The 2024 final round competition was held in person on March 20, 2024 at 3 pm ET.
• At the live competition, First Place, Second Place and People’s Choice awards were selected by judges and audience members.
• The First Place winner will be eligible to represent Cornell in any additional Ivy League or northeast regional competitions or showcases held in 2024. 

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international competition to help graduate students develop and showcase their research communication skills. The annual university-wide competition hosted by Cornell Graduate School challenges research-degree students to present their dissertation as a compelling story in just three minutes, with one slide, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

Preliminary Round Competition

• All competitors submitted a recorded presentation of their talk by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 1, 2024 in order to compete in the Preliminary Round.
• All enrolled graduate research degree students at the research stage (with at least some results to share) are eligible. Past competitors who did not place, and are still enrolled as graduate research degree students this year are welcome to enter the competition again.
• Registration opened in January 2024, and an information session was held on January 31, 2024. View the information session recording .

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Watched globally by an audience of thousands, the Vitae Three Minute Thesis® challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes.

• The Vitae 3MT® 2024 competition will be broadcast online on Wednesday 2 October 2024

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Three Minute Thesis challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes.

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Three Minute Thesis Competition

The 3-Minute Thesis, Essay, or Creative Project Competition gives JCU graduate students the opportunity to present an original research topic to a panel of judges in just three minutes with the aid of a single PowerPoint slide.

4th Annual 3-Minute Thesis, Essay, or Creative Project Competition

Congratulations to our 2024 winners:, competition winner - katherine porras brenes, project title: bright does not always mean toxic: the case of the green and black poison frog in costa rica, peer choice winner - sr. cynthia el kassis, project title: sustainability & development.

Thank You to all of our 2024 presenters for sharing your research and creative projects with the JCU community!

The 2024 3MT Competition took place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM in St. Ignatius Hall, Room 258.

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Virtual Preliminary Competition

• End of January-Early February

In-Person Final Competition

• 3rd week in February

MAGS Competition 

• 3MT Winner advances to MAGS Competition which is typically the first week in April
• Graduate students enrolled in any Master's program at John Carroll may compete.
• The degree program need not formally require a thesis, but topic must cover an original research project.
• There will be one preliminary round of virtual judging with top choices selected to advance to final in-person John Carroll competition.
• Gift card prize awarded to peer choice award and competition winners.
• Competition winner advances on to Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 3MT Competition
• One single static PowerPoint slide permitted, but not required. Slide transitions, animations or ‘movement’ of any description of slide content not allowed.
• No additional electronic media (e.g., sound and video files) or props (e.g., notecards, scripts, pointers, costumes, instruments, lab equipment) permitted.
• Presentations limited to 3 minutes; competitors exceeding that are disqualified.
• Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g., no poems, raps or songs).
• Presentations are considered to have begun when a presenter begins via movement or speech.

Developed by The University of Queensland , the Three Minute Thesis competition cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

• Visit the University of Queensland website above for tips on how to craft your presentation and watch example videos from past winners.

The John Carroll University Graduate School hosted its first annual 3-Minute Thesis, Essay, or Creative Project Competition virtually in 2021. The 2022 competition was offered as a hybrid event and can be viewed on the Graduate School YouTube .

Past Winners

Competition & Peer Choice Winner: Katelyn Gobbie

Project Title: The Biocrust Canopy Beneath Your Feet

Competition & Peer Choice Winner: Emily Staufer

Project Title: Toxic Toads: Characterizing Chemical Defenses in Understudied Poison Frogs

Competition & Peer Choice Winner: Kelsey Garner

Project Title: Assessment of Differential Behavioral Syndromes in Genetically Distinct Clades of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Through the competition, graduate and professional students can hone their academic and research presentation skills and their ability to effectively explain their research to a general audience. Each competitor has three minutes to speak and can use only one presentation slide.

The Graduate School will be hosting the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition in partnership with the Graduate and Professional Student Association and the Graduate School Alumni Society .

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3MT at Penn State in 2024 

Penn State’s first University-wide 3MT Competition will take place over two rounds. To compete, graduate students must upload a video presentation during the submission period (January 8–February 9) and be available for the final, in-person round on Saturday, March 23, on the University Park campus.

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• First Place: $1,000
• Second Place: $500
• People's Choice: $500

Competition Format

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Open call to any Penn State graduate or professional student conducting research to submit three-minute videos. Submissions will be judged by alumni, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, staff, and others. The top 10 students get invited to the final round as well as a free lunch at Penn State’s annual Doctoral Alumni Recognition Luncheon hosted by the Dean of the Graduate School. 

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Saturday, March 23  10:00-11:15 a.m.  Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center 

The final round will be live streamed from the University Park campus and will include a people’s choice prize selected by virtual and in-person audience ballots. Winners will be announced shortly after the competition.

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The top-scoring Ph.D. student from Penn State’s final round will be invited to the regional 3MT competition hosted by the Northeast Association of Graduate Schools in April 2024 (exact date to be determined). Winners of the regional competition are invited to the national competition hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools. Students in master's and professional degree programs are eligible to participate in Penn State's competition but are not eligible for the regional or national competitions.

Why participate?

Megan Rossi, past 3MT winner at the University of Queensland, discusses how the 3MT competition helped her career.

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Direct all questions about Three Minute Thesis at Penn State to: [email protected] .  

Three Minute Thesis, Graduate Exhibition, or Both?

In spring 2024, Penn State graduate students can participate in two major research and scholarship communication events, the Three Minute Thesis and the  Graduate Exhibition . Students are welcome to participate in both but should be aware that each event has its own application process and deadlines.

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Three minute thesis (3mt®) competition.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT ® ) Competition challenges doctoral students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, using language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Developed by The University of Queensland in 2008 and now held in universities around the globe, the  Three Minute Thesis (3MT ® )  cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills, thus allowing a broader audience to engage with cutting-edge research and its global impact.

  2024 Three Minute Thesis Presentations

• John Wylie, Aeronautical Engineering, Smarter Wings: Harnessing Whirlwinds for Shorter Takeoff
• Inwon Kang, Computer Science, Tabular Data Distillation
• Chukwuemeka Ike, Electrical Engineering, What Time is it Anyway?: Telling Circadian Time with Wearables
• Riddhi Banik, Chemical Engineering, Molecular hooks for mRNA purification: Let's go fishing!
• Sariah Marth, Chemistry, Why Not a Water-Powered World?
• Yuanyuan Liu, Management, Subtle Design Matters for Medical Crowdfunding
• Steve Eshiemogie, Chemical Engineering, Bacteria in Style: Spinning Silk from Thin Air
• Alli Carson, Mathematics, Simulations: Are we living in The Matrix?
• Varad Mahajani, Materials Engineering, Powering the Future: Unveiling Affordable & Eco-Friendly Solutions for Enhanced 

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3 Minute Thesis 2024

UTS 3 Minute Thesis Finals for 2024

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Professional Doctorate (Research) candidates. It is an international academic competition developed by the University of Queensland to cultivate students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.

UTS Finals Event

Date : Thursday 5 September

Time : 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Location : UTS Great Hall

2024 Faculty Finalists

Arts and social sciences, engineering & it, institute for sustainable futures (isf), rebecca lewis, law, uts business school.

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

MGSA Graduate Student Retreat held on May 31, 2024

The Microbiology Graduate Student Association held a retreat on May 31, 2024. This retreat was sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and the Graduate School Student Retention and Inclusion Grant.

Many events were held throughout the day and included:.

· Writing Workshop

· Professional Headshots

· 3-Minute Thesis Competition

· Team Building Activities

· Poster Contest

The Full-Day retreat concluded with an award presentation followed by an evening social. Graduate Students and Microbiology Faculty attended the event and a great time was had by all.

Below is the list of Retreat Award Winners:

• First place: Ashley Rogers
• Second place: Rochelle Yap
• People’s Choice: Hanna Roucka

Poster competition

• First place: Amy Siceloff
• Second place: Jared Smith
• People’s Choice: Claire Reichardt
• Best design: Alyssia Gonzalez
• Most engaging: Rachel Dockman

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to MGSA for organizing the event.

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By | Katya Hrichak , Cornell University Graduate School

International fieldwork is essential for some doctoral students’ dissertation research, but for many, funding travel and expenses is a challenge. Recognizing the importance of extended, in-country research, Amit Bhatia ’01 created a fund to help close these gaps.

The Amit Bhatia ’01 Global Ph.D. Research Scholars program, administered through the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies , part of Global Cornell , supports six to seven graduate students annually as they conduct up to a year of international fieldwork to finish their dissertations. The opportunity is open to post-A exam doctoral candidates from all fields and disciplines for whom international fieldwork is critical to their dissertation research.

“When I learned about the challenges graduate students have in securing funding for international research projects, I wanted to help. I wanted to ensure that students eager to study remote or significant areas of our world did not have insurmountable hurdles,” said Bhatia.

“Establishing the Scholars Fund was a way for me to support students, support interesting new research projects around the world, and keep a strong international flavor on campus. I was also excited to make a difference for each of these students in their academic careers,” he said.

Anjana Ramkumar, an international development studies doctoral candidate, found the Bhatia Global Ph.D. Research Award to be essential to her degree progress.

“The generous support of the Bhatia Global Ph.D. Research Award was particularly valuable for me as an international student,” Ramkumar said. “Given that international students are not eligible to apply for several external grants to support their fieldwork, and that the ones that we are eligible for also tend to be highly competitive, the support offered by the Einaudi Center through this award is key in allowing students like me to carry out substantial international field research.”

Ramkumar’s grant supported nine months in Tamil Nadu, India studying traditional rice cultivation through qualitative research including interviews, observation, on-farm activities, and off-farm events.

“The Bhatia Global Ph.D. Research Award was integral in allowing me to do fieldwork for this extended duration of time,” she said.

Itamar Haritan, a doctoral candidate in anthropology who conducted research in Israel and Poland on members of the Lubliner Jewish Organization and Family Constellation practitioners, agreed.

“This award made it possible for me to conduct a full year of fieldwork without obsessing over a food and housing budget. It made it possible for me to travel the length and breadth of the country to gather stories and conduct ethnographic observations without needing to draw on my savings,” he said.

Shirley Le Penne, a doctoral candidate in government who traveled to Paris and Marseille, France, used her award for international and local travel, living expenses and accommodation, purchasing research items and books, and participating in conferences and other activities essential to her work.

“Benefitting from the Bhatia Global Ph.D. Award was crucial to the feasibility of my research,” she said. “Thanks to the award, I did not have to worry about the costs related to traveling to different locations, as well as being able to purchase a dozen expensive and important books on French law and the French criminal justice system.”

Read the full story on the Cornell University Graduate School website . 

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June 13th, 2024 - The competition was first introduced by the University of Queensland, whereas 3MT was organised by the Council of Malaysian Postgraduate Deans in response to the widespread interest and enthusiasm among Malaysian universities and students.

The inaugural Malaysia 3MT competition was held in 2015, with the aim to cultivate research presentation and communication skills among postgraduate students. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) co-organised the first competition, which featured participants from over 20 Malaysian public and private universities.

This year, the tradition continues with UKM as the main organiser and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) as the co-organiser. The competition was held on 13 June 2024 at UKM, with participants comprising of 66 contestants from 22 universities across Malaysia, competing in two categories namely Science, Engineering, and Technology; and Social Sciences.

Hamidah Mohd Zain, a student from the Advanced Medical and Dentistry Institute (AMDI) USM clinched First Place in the Science, Engineering, and Technology category with her presentation "Nano-Propolis From Kelulut: Extinguishing the Flame of Inflammation”. This victory qualifies Hamidah to represent Malaysia at the Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition at the University of Queensland, Australia, in October 2024.

Congratulations and thank you to our UPM representatives on their efforts and participation in 2024's National Level 3 Minutes Thesis Competition held on 13th June 2024 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Participants from UPM 1. Sina Abdipoor Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

2. Lee Li Xin Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences

3. Yasmina Ahmad Uzhir Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

4. Safura Adeela Sukiman Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

Congratulations to Mrs. Safura Adeela Sukiman from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, who has won 1st Runner Up in 2024's National Level 3 Minutes Thesis Competition, Social Science Category. Well done to the winners as well as all participants who successfully represented their respective universities with their research ideas. Special thanks also go to all responsible officers and departmental management who assisted throughout the implementation of the 3MT program this year.

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