Final of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

An 80,000 word research project would take nine hours to present. Their time limit . . . three minutes!

Join us for an evening of education and entertainment.

Come along to ANU and see a snapshot of the amazing research projects that are being conducted on the campus by PhD students.

On the night, watch eleven finalists battle it out for the ANU 3MT crown, $4000 in prize money and a ticket to the 3MT grand final (an international competition, which will be held at the University of Queensland later this year). Plus, cast your vote to help pick the winner of the People's Choice award. The audience favourite will take home a $500 cash prize.

After the competition, you will have the chance to mix and mingle with the competitors and judges over wine and canapés. 

Meet the judges:

Genevieve Jacobs, morning host, 666 ABC Canberra radio.

Susan Bannigan, CEO, Westpac Bicentennial Foundation.

Dr Subho Banerjee, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Training.

Professor Andrew Leigh MP, Federal Member for Fraser, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Competition.

Adam Bandt MP, Federal Member for Melbourne.

Your MC for the evening is Dr Inger Mewburn (The Thesis Whisperer).

What is Three Minute Thesis (3MT)?

The 3MT is an international competition for research students to showcase their research. Students have to talk about what their research is and why it is important in plain language for three minutes, with only a single PowerPoint slide.

The program

Each of the eleven finalists represents one of six ANU colleges as follows:

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Mark Jones, Raja of Kumaon

Arjuna Mohottala, Gambling with the economy. Can we make it safer?

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

Sana Ashraf, Am I hurting God?

Ashley Orr, The body snatchers

ANU College of Business and Economics

Rajiv Amarnani, The two faces of self-esteem at work

ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science

Kiara Bruggeman, This is your brain on drugs

ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 

Caroline Wenger, Immovable oaks and unbreachable dykes

Ronald Yu, Big Bran Theory

ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Kelsie Long, An ear to the ground: Listening to the story of Lake Mungo

Hannah James, You are what you eat

Suryashree Aniyan, Marshmallows, hot chocolate and galaxies ('Wild card' selected from a special 3MT showcase atANU Open Day)