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The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is excited to again be planning the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Dalhousie University on Wednesday March 9th, and Thursday March 10th 2016. 3MT is a unique skills development activity which challenges graduate students in research-based programs to present their theses in three minutes or less to a non-specialist audience. Participants will be judged on how effectively they are able to communicate their research. There will be cash prizes available to the finalists. The top finalists will also have the opportunity to compete at the Eastern Regional Competition at MUN in April.

The competition is open to the public, and to make it a success we really need faculty and staff to both encourage students to compete (this is a fantastic professional development opportunity) and to come out and watch the participants. We would also like to invite faculty to bring classes to watch the preliminary heats.

Any student enrolled in a research-based Master’s or PhD program at Dalhousie who has not yet graduated is eligible to compete. Students are not required to have completed their research to participate – as long as the student feels they have enough research to make a compelling presentation, they are encouraged to register. The competition will involve a day of preliminary heats on March 9th, and the winner of each heat will go on to compete in the finals on the evening of March 10th. The competition will be judged by a panel of faculty and staff from across the university.

Call for Judges
If you are faculty, staff or a postdoc at Dalhousie and interested in acting as a judge, please let us know via the following link https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=31371 You must complete the form by February 15th.

Want to Know More?
To read more about the competition, the registration process, the competition rules and the judging criteria, please visit our website.
Questions regarding the competition can be sent to Alicia Kirk at fgsevents@dal.ca.