Three-Minute Thesis Competition

3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication competition where graduate students have 3 minutes or less to present their research and its impact to a panel of non-specialist judges and peers. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

Apply before March 10, 2017 to the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) competition. The first heat of presentations for Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Law, and Music graduate students is March 17th (see below for details).

Eligibility:

  • Presentations must be based on research that is directly related to the student’s graduate program thesis, major research paper, or dissertation.
  • PhD and Masters students who have defended but have not yet graduated are eligible to participate.
  • Presenters must be available to present, in person,on the day of their heat and must also be available to present, in person, at the 3MT final on April 5, 2017 at 10am.

The first heat of competition for FIMS, Music and Law students will be held on Friday, March 17, 2016 at  9:30 am to 11:30 am in Arts and Humanities Building, Room #1B06

To enroll, please pick  your Faculty here: http://grad.uwo.ca/current_students/3mt/index.html

The 20 finalists will compete on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 in the Davenport Theatre (Talbot College) from 10 am to 1pm.

Prizes:

  • 1st place: $1,000
  • 2nd place: $500
  • 3rd place: $250

For more information please view this link: http://grad.uwo.ca/current_students/3mt/index.html

The top student from Western’s final will represent our university at 3MT Ontario 2017 held this year at the University of Waterloo on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

If you have any questions, please contact the faculty coordinators Gabbi Whitlock gwhitloc@uwo.ca and Julia Beltra jbeltra3@uwo.ca.

Author: Kueneman, Karen

Staff, 2015 Fall

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