We are happy to announce the Faculty of Education will be holding a live virtual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) HEAT this year!

Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM

Location: Zoom

Competitor Registration Deadline Extended: Friday, March 12, 2021 (CLOSED)

Audience members can register up to Tuesday, March 23, 2021

You must register to receive the meeting link and password, which will be emailed to you before the event.

Watch last year's 3MT Faculty of Education winners HERE.

Benefits to Students:

As a graduate student, 3MT is a fantastic opportunity for you to practice and improve your presentation skills, learn how to communicate your research effectively (and to a broad audience), win some money, as well as create a gateway to many exciting opportunities. This competition is an opportunity for you to share your work and make connections with other SFU graduate students, and to develop knowledge translation strategies for your research. Competing in this event will help you have a ready answer for anyone asking about your work. For example, check out this video. All three of the students were 3MT finalists whose involvement in the competition had a major positive impact on their SFU graduate career and opened a lot of doors for them.

Eligibility:

SFU's Faculty of Education graduate students (MA, MSc, PhD, EdD) undertaking a thesis, project, or major research paper are eligible to complete. Non-thesis based (MEd) students can also compete, but will not be eligible to compete at the regional and national competitions. Students must be active in their graduate program. Students who have already defended but have not yet graduated are eligible to compete.

Faculty of Education 3MT HEAT Prizes:

• 1st Place: $350; Runner-up: $150; People's Choice: $50
• More prizes to be won for those who advance to the finals!

Playoff format:

⏩ If you are unable to compete in the Faculty of Education 3MT HEAT (Qualifying finals), please consider participating in the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) 3MT Wildcard HEAT (Qualifying finals) by submitting your video by Monday, March 15, 12:00 PM.

⏩ Top two winners of the Faculty of Education Graduate Studies HEAT and the GPS Wildcard HEAT will advance to the SFU 3MT Finals (Semi-finals) on Thursday, April 15.

⏩ Top winners of the SFU 3MT Finals (Semi-finals) will advance to the Western Regionals 3MT Competition (Preliminary-Finals) on Thursday, May 13.

⏩ Lucky winners will advance to the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) National Competition (Grand Finals).

For more information, visit here.

Questions? Email educedd@sfu.ca