Every spring, The Graduate School’s office of Graduate Student Affairs and UW Libraries Research Commons co-host the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, an opportunity for graduate students to share their capstone or research projects in a lightning-talk format. 3MT is a professional development opportunity where graduate students share concise, accessible, and enlivening elevator pitches about their projects.

The theme for this year’s competition is Impact. Impact can be defined as the positive outcome of a critical intervention, social policy, service provision model, legal framework, or technological innovation. How does your graduate research demonstrate impact for the public good?

To be eligible to submit a proposal for UW 3MT, you must meet the following criteria:

• You are a University of Washington master’s or doctoral student from any UW campus.
• You have a draft of your final project (e.g. capstone, thesis, or dissertation), including findings and conclusions.
• Only one member of a capstone project team may submit a proposal. If the proposal is selected, the same student who submitted the proposal must be the presenter.
• Your degree will be granted during AY 2024-2025.

Submit your proposal by 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Learn more about the competition on the event website.