Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland in Australia. It challenges graduate students to make a compelling presentation on their thesis topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition helps students develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills and the capacity to explain their research to a non-academic audience.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) 2024

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2024 competition will be a virtual competition, where graduate students will compete by recording a 3 minute video. If you are interested in competing this year, please complete the information below and you will receive further instructions and details.

We will host a live event to present the videos in front of the judges and open to the public at UWF on Monday October 21st beginning at 4:30 CST. This event will also be live-streamed. At the end of the competition there will be a brief delay while the winners are determined and then will end with the announcement of the winners. The overall winner will represent UWF at the Florida Conference of Graduate Schools. Travel funds will be available if the recipient is not local. 

Eligibility

Participants must be currently enrolled UWF doctoral or master’s students actively engaged in research and in good academic standing. A competitive candidate should have a well-conceived project (ideally their dissertation or thesis research), compelling data collected, and a novel story to share. The work presented must have been conducted at UWF for the student’s current degree program. 

The first-place winner, runner-up and people's choice will be chosen by a panel of judges. 

Rules

• Presentations are limited to 3 minutes and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
• Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through speech (timing does not include the 3MT title slide and commences from when the competitor starts speaking, not the start of the video).

Please note: competitors *will not* be judged on video/ recording quality or editing capabilities (optional inclusions). Judging will focus on the presentation, ability to communicate research to a non-specialist audience, and 3MT PowerPoint slide.