3MT at the University of Kansas
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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.
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
- Applications for Graduate Students to apply for the 3MT® competition open October 28th
- Applications close November 11th
- EXTENDED DEADLINE: November 15th
- Graduate students registered for the 3MT® Competition are invited to participate in the first workshop to prepare them for the competition. December 9th, 2024 3pm-5pm.
- Registered participants are invited to attend the 2nd workshop to help them prepare on February 10th, 2024 from 3pm-5pm.
- Preliminary Heats to determine who moves onto the finals take place February 18th,2025 2pm-4pm
- Finals take place February 25th,2025 2pm-4pm
- The KU winner moves on to represent KU at the regional 3MT® Competition during the annual meeting of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS). April 2nd- 4th in Indianapolis.
- Applications for Graduate Students to apply for the 3MT® competition open October 28th
- Applications close November 11th
- EXTENDED DEADLINE: November 15th
- Graduate students registered for the 3MT® Competition are invited to participate in the first workshop to prepare them for the competition. December 9th, 2024 3pm-5pm.
- Registered participants are invited to attend the 2nd workshop to help them prepare on February 10th, 2024 from 3pm-5pm.
- Preliminary Heats to determine who moves onto the finals take place February 18th,2025 2pm-4pm
- Finals take place February 25th,2025 2pm-4pm
- The KU winner moves on to represent KU at the regional 3MT® Competition during the annual meeting of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS). April 2nd- 4th in Indianapolis.