February 27, 2025
UW 3MT® is a professional development competition that celebrates the exciting capstone and research experiences of master’s and doctoral students at the University of Washington from all three campuses. The competition supports graduate students’ capacity to effectively explain their research or capstone project in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a public audience. This event is a partnership between The Graduate School’s office of Graduate Student Affairs and the UW Libraries Research Commons.
First Place, Runner Up, and People’s Choice will be awarded cash prizes!
- Proposals due: Friday, March 21, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. (PDT)
- Online preliminary round: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (PDT)
- Competition day (in-person): Thursday, May 22, 2025, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Seattle campus
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition originally developed by the University of Queensland, Australia.
Past 3MT competitions: 2022 | 2023