Three Minute Thesis logoIUP is proud to introduce Three Minute Thesis (3MT)!

The Office of Research and Innovation is excited to announce this year’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition, which will take place in conjunction with the annual IUP Scholars Forum and Research Week events. 

The competition is an event for graduate students to present their original scholarship to a panel of judges in just three minutes with the aid of only one static PowerPoint slide as a visual aid.

The preliminary competition will take place in mid-March. The top participants from the preliminaries will advance to the final competition, which will be held during the IUP Scholars Forum.

The application opens in late February of each year, and interested participants can apply via . If you have any questions about the competition, please reach out to the Office of Research and Innovation at scholars-forum@iup.edu

Please see our list of frequently asked questions.