{"id":2778,"date":"2026-01-21T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/?page_id=2778"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:16:30","slug":"three-minutes-thesis-3mt-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/three-minutes-thesis-3mt-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"line-height:1.58\" class=\"has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\">The UMES Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to present their research, thesis, or dissertation work to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. This competition emphasizes the ability to explain complex ideas in clear, accessible, and engaging terms, helping participants develop strong communication, storytelling, and public speaking skills while demonstrating the broader impact of their work. Adapted from the original format developed by The University of Queensland in 2008, the UMES 3MT follows official competition guidelines, requiring presenters to use a single static slide, no props, and a strict three-minute time limit to encourage concise, layperson-friendly communication and public engagement with research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details open><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">3 Minute Thesis (3MT)<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/rules-for-the-3mt-presentation-and-judging-criteria\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/rules-for-the-3mt-presentation-and-judging-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Competition Rules and Judging Criteria<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/01\/3MT-Example-Submission-Facial-Recognition.png\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/01\/3MT-Example-Submission-Facial-Recognition.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3MT Static Slide Example<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/awards\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-circular\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to register<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UMES Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to present their research, thesis, or dissertation work to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. This competition emphasizes the ability to explain complex ideas in clear, accessible, and engaging terms, helping participants develop strong communication, storytelling, and public speaking&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/three-minutes-thesis-3mt-competition\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) Competition<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research-symposium-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}