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Three Minute Thesis Competition Submission Deadline

Monday, February 26, 2018
12:00am to 12:00am
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Caltech Library is hosting its second Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition on March 13, 2018. Originally created by the University of Queensland, this Caltech contest challenges all currently enrolled graduate students to explain their research in an engaging and clear 3-minute talk intended for a non-specialist audience. Participants are allowed to use a single, static Power Point slide as a background image shown during the talk.

The deadline to apply is February 26th. The application is available at https://3mt.library.caltech.edu/

Finalists will be selected from the pool of audio submissions to present their talks, live, at the finals on March 13th.

Our M.C. for the event will be Crystal Dilworth, PhD Caltech 14', and member of the Nerd Brigade , whose mission is to promote access and literacy to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Prizes

  •     1st place — $1,000
  •     2nd place — $500
  •     3rd place — $150 Amazon Gift Card
  •     People's Choice (selected by live audience polling) — Special Gift

Important Dates in 2018

  •     February 26: Deadline for submissions to qualify for the competition.
  •     February 27 – March 5: The preliminary judging of all eligible submissions is conducted to determine the finalists.
  •     March 6: Finalists are notified.
  •     March 13: The final round takes place, live! Judges will vote to determine the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. The People's Choice award will be chosen through live polling.
For more information, please contact 3MT by email at [email protected] or visit Three Minute Thesis.