Registration opens on August 26th, please check back next week for more updates!
2023 3MT Finalists!
3MT® is back for Fall 2024!
SAVE THE DATE:
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Registration opens August 26, 2024
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Registration closes September 27, 2024
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Practice Session: October 4, 2024 - 11am-1pm
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Preliminary round: October 11, 2024 - 9am-4pm (time slots to be determined closer to the date)
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Final round: November 8, 2024 - 9am-4pm (time slots to be determined closer to the date)
In this research communication competition, PhD students present their doctoral research to a non-specialist audience using only one visual aid—in three minutes.
Communicating the importance of your work in a clear and concise manner to wide audiences is an important skill that can increase the success of job searches, funding proposals, and professional networking. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is designed to give students a chance to polish these skills as part of an energizing, fun, and challenging academic competition.
What is 3MT®?
3MT® is a research communication competition where PhD students present their doctoral research to a non-specialist audience using only one single visual aid—all in three minutes. This exercise encourages graduate students to think about their research from an outsider’s perspective, hones their presentation skills, and provides a forum for a cross-disciplinary exchange of exciting ideas and information.
How Does 3MT® Work?
There is a preliminary elimination round, then the Top 10 finalists will advance to compete in the final round on Friday, November 8th on the Fairfax Campus.
Registration for 3MT®
The below are eligible to present in the 2024 3MT® competition.
- Doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy by the deadline are eligible to participate.
- MFA students are eligible to participate.
- Doctorate of Nursing students in the final year (3 semesters remaining) of their program are eligible to participate.
Register Here: https://forms.office.com/r/ti4qe0qctf
I strongly believe in the importance of 3MT and similar opportunities to practice and hone your skill set of communicating to broader audiences. These are vital skills necessary to build a career both in academia and as a practitioner, regardless of your field of study, and it is a difficult challenge that takes much practice. Mason's proximity to the capital offers many opportunities for research students to participate in events like 3MT and local consulting challenges or workshops to build these skills.
- Steven Zhou, PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2023); D, George Mason’s 3MT First Place Winner in 2023.
2023 3MT Judges
Congratulations to the 2023 Mason 3MT® Winners:
- First Place Winner: Steven Zhou, Measuring Profiles and Patterns of Leadership Behavior
- Second Place Winner: Amy T. Rose, Hyperspectral Signature Development for Aircraft-Induced Clouds from Aerial and Ground-Based Sensors
- Third Place Winner: Doreen S. Peters, Using Dragonfly Exuviae as a No-Kill Approach to Monitor Mercury along the Freshwater Potomac River
- People's Choice Winner: Patricia Sinclair, Energy & Aging: The Estrogen Connection
For more 3MT® information contact Michelle Yang, Graduate Program Coordinator for the Graduate Division. Visit Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) website to view winning presentations from around the globe.