GSA Presenter during a 3MT presentation

3MT Competition

The (3²Ñ°Õ®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by Â鶹´«Ã½s around the world.

Its history: 

  • Developed by the  (UQ) 
  • The first 3MT® competition was held at UQ in 2008 with 160 higher degree research Â鶹´«Ã½s competing
  • Since 2011 the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT® competitions are now held in over 900 universities across more than 85 countries worldwide                                                                                   

                                                    

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In Â鶹´«Ã½'s version of the 3MT® Competition, graduate Â鶹´«Ã½s from all disciplines are invited to apply to present their research ideas, theses and dissertations. 

This competition serves as a platform for graduate Â鶹´«Ã½s to: 

  • Professionally develop their research 
  • Develop presentation skills
  • Promote and showcase the research conducted by WMU graduate Â鶹´«Ã½s
  • Increase Â鶹´«Ã½s' capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes 

Spring 2024 Competition

Event Information

  Time: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024
  Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
  Location: Graduate Student Commons (Room 3028), Waldo Library 

Interested in participating as a presenter? Applications are being accepted until January 31. 

Participate in the Competition

Who Can Participate?

All WMU registered graduate Â鶹´«Ã½s (full- or part-time), including professional Â鶹´«Ã½s in the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine and WMU terminal or specialist degree programs. 

Scholarship Prizes

$500

first place

$300

second place

$200

third place

$100

people's choice

Upon selection from the judges, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) will provide scholarships in the amounts listed above, directly to the Â鶹´«Ã½'s university account. People's Choice Award   winners will be selected by collective votes from the audience. In addition, the Â鶹´«Ã½ with the highest score will represent WMU at the regional contest and will compete for the chance to participate in the U.S. finals. The winner of the U.S. finals will participate in the International competition.

Questions?

Questions?

For further information regarding the 3MT® Competition, times/dates, location, or general questions, please email the grad-info@wmich.edu.

3MT Winners Archive

Spring 2023 Competition

  1. Margaret Mooney
  2. João Pedro Sousa
  3. Valliammai Palaniappan
  4. Hassan Saleh (People's Choice Award Winner)

Spring 2022 Competition (Hybrid)

  1.  
    Tabitha DiBacco
  2. Highly Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters  
    Shivi Saxema
  3. Only if You're Loud Enough: Youth Voice in Social Action Program 
    Cesar Briones Mendieta (People's Choice Award Winner)
  4. Magic Mushrooms 
    Tadasha Kar
  5. Role of Shigella Flexneri DGS' in Pathogenesis 
    Ruchi Ojha
  6. Energy Harvesting 
    Duo He

Shiva Agarwal Your Protein is Not Right 

Thomas Weinandy 

The Chicken Sandwich Wars

How was India able to get FREE INTERNET?

Janani Shivaguru

In Search of an Authentic Past: Negotiating Authenticity in Living History Interpretation
Claire Herhold

 

David Sottile

Risky Choices in a Wheel of Fortune Game

Tanya Petrachkova

The Role of Cyclin B1 in Early Development

Shreya Naseri

Why is Amazon the Leading Logistics Ascendant in the USA?


 

De'Lon Dixon

The Passive Effects of the Full Gateway on Vehicle Speed


George Lluberes

Political Corruption in Latin America


Sandino Vargas-Perez

A Hybrid Parallel Strategy to Compress Big Next-Generation Sequencing Datasets

Tiantian Zhang

Genetically Engineered Tanapoxivirus Expressing Interleukin-2 Suppresses Human Melanoma Tumors