3MT at QAAFI
Developed in 2008 by the University of Queensland, the 3MT is a fantastic opportunity for students to share their research with the wider community and gain invaluable experience developing their presentation skills. Taking the form of a research communication competition, students must meet the challenge of effectively explaining their research in under three minutes to a non-specialist audience. Students gain invaluable experience developing presentation skills, and gain the opportunity to network with fellow researchers and industry bodies as they progress through the ranks of the competition.
An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... 3 minutes.
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Gaining 3MT skills: everyone's a winner
25 September 2017 -
Inspiring day at 3MT
26 July 2017
2021
- Winner: Wei-An Tsai, Centre for Horticultural Science: Plant-virus warfare: Can we help plants win the war?
- Runner-Up: Christie Warburton, Centre for Animal Science: Breeding Designer Cows
- People’s Choice: Jane Ray, Centre for Horticultural Science: Going Bananas
2020
- Winner: Kanwal Shazadi, Centre for Crop Science: Root Depth - A trait to improve drought tolerance in wheat
- Runner-Up: Melissa Wooderson, Centre for Animal Science: Beef Calf Welfare: The Million Acre Challenge
- People’s Choice: Chian Teng Ong, Centre for Animal Science: It is complicated down the tract
2019
- Winner: Katrina Hogdson-Kratky, Centre for Crop Science: Growing fuel
- Runner-Up: Sharif Nada, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences: The puzzle of diabetes
- People’s Choice: Thu Ha Ngo, Centre for Horticultural Science: Finding stowaways: saving bananas from their losing streak
2018
- Winner: Cecile Godde, Centre for Crop Science: Sustainable grasslands intensification: reaping the benefits
- Runner-Up: Thuy Mai, Centre for Horticultural Science: Searching for better macadamias
- People's Choice: Haiteng Li, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences: Avoiding food coma?
2017
- Winner: Anahita Mizani, Centre for Plant Science. Does Size Matter?
2016
- Winner: Ghanendra Gartaula, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences. Is wheat porridge possible?
2015
- Winner: Louisa Parkinson, Centre for Plant Science: Getting to the root of avocado disease
- Winner: Cecile Richard, Centre for Plant Science: Root out hunger with drought-proof wheat
- People's Choice: Madeleine Gleeson, Centre for Plant Science: Dear avocado, why won't you root?
2014
- Winner: Honglei (Holly) Zhai, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences: More cereals in your diet-Less fat in your body (UQ Wildcard winner won People’s choice in UQ competition)
- Runner up: Greta Busch, Centre for Animal Science: A paralysing problem
2013
- Winner: Karishma Mody, Centre for Plant Science: 'Single n Hot' - The new nanovaccine
Resources for competitors
- 3MT Competitor Guide
- Attend a Career Development Framework (CDF) Workshop (suggested sessions: Introduction to Presentation Skills & Advanced Presentation Skills)
- Watch past 3MT presentations
- Other resources (incl FAQs)
