2022-2023 Penn 3MT Competition

Penn 3MT is a university-sponsored competitive speaking competition designed to showcase graduate student research in three-minute talks to a general audience. This is a terrific opportunity for graduate students engaged in substantive original research to develop communication skills and share their work with faculty, students, and staff from across the University.

• Research Communications Workshops: October - November 2022
• Research Communications Workshops: January-February 2023
• Practice and Feedback Sessions: January-February 2023
• Video Submissions Due: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Friday, February 24, 2023
• Finalists announced: March 2023
• In-person Competition: Friday, March 24, 2023, 2:00-4:30PM

In addition to bragging rights, a prize of $1000 will be awarded to the first-place winner and $500 to both the second-place and audience choice winners. Winners will also have the opportunity to participate in regional and national 3 Minute Thesis competitions!

To enter, students must fill out the interest form and submit a video of their three-minute talk to Penn 3MT (details below). From those submissions, finalists will be chosen to compete in the campus-wide, live competition in the Spring.