3MT® is a university-wide competition for graduate students in which participants present their research, creative activity, and its wider impact in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The challenge is to present complex research in an engaging, accessible and compelling way, using only one slide.

3MT® is not an exercise in trivializing or ‘dumbing-down’ research but forces students to consolidate their ideas and discoveries to become transferable after graduation. For the 2020 3MT® Competition, each college will hold a competition in order to decide who competes at the University of Guelph finals. The Lang 3MT heat will take place on March 4th in Macdonald Stewart Hall, Room 129. The top two finalists will move on to compete at the University of Guelph campus-wide competition on April 3rd in the University Centre, 442. The public is invited to cheer on the contestants in both the college heats and the final competition.

Prizes for the Lang 3MT Heat

• First place: $500
• Second place: $250
• Third place: $150

The deadline to register for Lang's competition is Wednesday, February 26. To register, please contact Melinda at mheijl@uoguelph.ca [1]

For more details, tips, advice, and resources please visit the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website [2].

Eligibility:

• To participate in 3MT® students must currently be registered in a Masters (thesis or MRP only) or PhD program at the University of Guelph and have made substantial progress on their research and analysis.
• PhD and Masters students who have defended but have not yet graduated are eligible to participate.
• Presentations must be based on research that is directly related to the student’s graduate program thesis.
• Presenters must agree to be video-taped

Rules:

• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any description, the slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration).
• No additional electronic media are permitted (e.g. sound and video files).
• No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.
• Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
• Presentations are to be spoken word (eg. no poems, raps or songs).
• Presentations must be made by memory; notes may not be used.
• The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.