Three Minute Thesis Competition
Friday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
UC-3015
3MT® at Memorial
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed in 2008 by The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. Research students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance. 3MT is not an exercise in trivialising research, but challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience. 3MT competition cultivates students’ academic, presenttaion, and research communication skills.
The goal of the competition is to convey your research within a strict three-minute timeframe, using language accessible to a non-specialist audience, ensuring that anyone can easily grasp the essence of your Master’s or PhD research. Participating in 3MT offers valuable practice in developing academic, presentation, and research communication skills, fostering candidates’ ability to explain their research effectively in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
Eligibility:
- Presenters must be currently registered in a Master’s (thesis route only) or PhD program (composed of at least two-thirds research and eligible for the RTP) at Memorial University.
- PhD students who have defended but have not yet graduated are eligible.
- Presentations must be based on research that is directly related to the student’s graduate program thesis.
- Presenters must agree to be recorded live.
- Presenters must be available to present live on the day of the competition. To advance to the Eastern Regional Competition, the first prize winner from Memorial must also be available to present live at the Eastern Regional 3MT Competition.
- Presenters must not have placed in the top 3 of a 3MT competition before.
- Memorial’s first-place winner must be a current student at the time of the Eastern Regional Competition to compete. If the winner is no longer a graduate student at that time, the second-place winner will advance instead.
Date and Time: Friday, November 22, 2024, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. NST
Location: The Landing (UC3015), University Centre
Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2024, by 5 p.m.
Details/Apply: Three Minute Thesis Competition | School of Graduate Studies | Memorial University of Newfoundland (mun.ca)
Prizes:
- 1st Prize: $1000 & the opportunity to attend the Eastern Regional 3MT Competition hosted by Memorial University in 2025
- 2nd Prize: $500
- 3rd Prize: $250
Presented by School of Graduate Studies