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FASS Three Minute Thesis
One slide…three minutes…cash prizes! Open to all FASS graduate students, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges students to present their thesis and its significance in just three minutes to a general audience.
If you have any questions regarding the FASS 3MT heat, please email fasssec@sfu.ca.
Prizes
- First place winner: $400
- Second place winner: $200
- People’s Choice winner: $200
The First Place winner and the People’s Choice winner will move forward to the SFU-wide final on April 10, 2025.
Why Participate?
- A great way to get your research noticed by the general public
- Build your presentation and public speaking skills
- Develop your knowledge translation skills — something research funders look for in students
- Opportunity to meet other graduate students and find out about the interesting research going on, both within and beyond FASS
More information about the SFU, National, and International 3MT competitions can be found at SFU Graduate Studies and the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies.
Eligibility
Any student who is active in an SFU Master's or PhD FASS program is eligible to participate in the FASS 3MT heat. Alumni are not eligible.
We welcome all our graduate students in SFU’s university-level competition, however non-thesis students are not able to compete at the Western Regional or the National 3MT Competitions. (The top SFU thesis-based finalist will proceed to those events.)
Your presentation should be directly related to your graduate research and thesis/dissertation. Your research does not have to be completed.
Want to learn more?
Curious to learn more about 3MT as well as tips and tricks on how to prepare for your presentation? Watch the info session recording below.