College of Graduate Studies 3MT Awards Program
Register by February 1, 2021
The College of Graduate Studies invites all who are completing a dissertation or thesis to participate in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®). Designed originally by the University of Queensland, 3MT® is a competition that measures and supports a student's capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
The College of Graduate Studies will provide online training and free videos. Participants will learn to create and submit a Three Minute Video by February 12th.
Register for Three Minute Thesis Awards in two simple steps:
1. Review the 3MT Awards Program guidelines and information on how to sign up by February 1, 2021.
2. Register for 3MT training and development to create and record your best pitch, beginning in January.
Awards
One Outstanding Achievement award and one Excellent Achievement award will be granted to the first and second place winners, respectively, in the Cleveland State University 3MT® (Three Minute Thesis) Competition. Oral communication of a student’s research to an educated layperson is often lacking in graduate programs. The University of Queensland developed a program where students summarize their research in 3 minutes or less using pre-determined guidelines. The format is one where students make a presentation in 3 minutes and a panel of judges scores each student to determine a final winner. Cleveland State University hosts a qualifying competition to decide which student will represent our university at the online regional competition sponsored by the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools. In addition, this is the only graduate student award that may be won in tandem with a second award. The monetary prize associated with the Outstanding Achievement award is $500 (five hundred dollars), and the monetary prize associated with the Excellent Achievement award is $250 (two hundred fifty dollars).
The Outstanding Achievement Award Winner will represent CSU by video submission to the Online Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools in March 2021.
RULES
- One 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 (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
- 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 (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
- Presentations are to commence from the stage.
- Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through movement or speech.
- The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.