Vitae 3MT competition 2017 process

Information for institutions interested in joining the Three Minute Thesis competition 2017

We are hosting the 2017 Vitae Three Minute Thesis ® (3MT) competition, which is open to any Vitae member organisation that holds an institutional 3MT competition for its own researchers before the end of June 2017.

Format for 3MT 2017

Single institutions or pairs/groups of institutions holding 3MT competitions should conform to the rules set out by the University of Queensland at www.threeminutethesis.org.

Each Vitae member institution needs to register their intention to hold a 3MT competition with both the University of Queensland and Vitae. It is important that the University of Queensland's revised criteria is applied to all 3MT competitions. Vitae judges will be scoring using the revised criteria

The 3MT branding guidelines publicised by the University of Queensland should be followed on all web pages, printed and other materials associated with local competitions
Our UK semi-final will be an online event
Our UK final will be a live event, held at the 2017 Vitae Researcher Development International Conference during the gala dinner on Monday 11 September.
At the final a judges’ choice winner and a people’s choice winner will be chosen.

Timings

The video entry to the semi-final should be provided to Vitae by early July (exact date to be advised). It is advisable for you have this ready by 30 June 2017
The online semi-final will run during July and August
The six finalists will be announced by mid August (exact date to be advised)
The final will take place in Birmingham on 11 September 2017. All six finalists will need to attend in person and will present to the Vitae conference participants.

Eligibility

Doctoral candidates who have not yet had their viva at the time of the local competition will be eligible to enter this national competition
Semi-final entries may be filmed during the local competition or separately
The same rules apply to the online stage as apply to the live events (1 slide, no props, 3 minutes maximum etc)
No individual entries to the online semi-finals are permitted. Semi-finalists must be winners of a local competition. Only a single winner per institution may be put forward to the Vitae competition.

Other

Details of how to enter the online semi-final will be publicised to all Vitae member institutions, online and details will be sent directly to those who express an interest in joining the 2017 competition
Participating institutions should be prepared to cover expenses incurred by winners taking part in the nation-wide competition, such as travel and accommodation costs for the live final
Details of entries to the 2017 competition are on the Vitae website.