3-Minute Thesis Competition

The Three Minute Thesis, developed at the University of Queensland, challenges participants to present their research in just three minutes using everyday language to an audience.

Application Information

Check back in autumn 2026 for the 2026 3-Minute Thesis application.

Students should be prepared to submit the following materials:

Section I: Student Presenter's Contact Information

Section II: Research Mentor’s Contact Information

Section III: Funding Support

Section IV: Research/Creative Project Title and Abstract

Students will be required to upload a 1-minute video briefly explaining their project. For the competition, you get to display 1 single, static slide, and explain your research in a maximum of 3 minutes. For this 1-minute summary, you can choose to include any images or slides in this video. We recommend creating a video to your CarmenZoom account in the cloud. You can then share the link to your video below.

For more information about uploading a video to the CarmenZoom cloud, please visit the Ohio State CarmenZoom Recording Guides.

Past 3-Minute Thesis Competition Winners

*Indicates Honorable Mention

2025 - Mateo Zevallos
2025 - Emily Weagle
2022 - Pete Jordanides
2022 - Isabelle Aguilar
2022 - Amani Djouadi
2022 - Natalia Mendonca
2021 - Sarah Haysley
2021 - Erin Gililand
2021 - Harrshavasan Congivaram
2021 - Cara Noel
2021 - Will Marshall
2021 - Kara Komarnitsky
2019 - Heath Pechtl
2019 - Douglas Fink
2019 - Sarthak Soni
2019 - Bryce Boron, Psychology*
2019 - Timothy Kirby
2019 - James White
2019 - Cara Dauch
2018 - Isaiah Johnson
2018- Sydney Clark
2018 - Emma Megla
2018 - Alexandra Smith
2018 - Stephen Gant
2018 - Hilary Kordecki
2018 - Nick Krause
2018 - Camile Bratton
2018 - Melanie Smith
2018 - Scott Stuckney
2018 - Anthony Milian
2018 - Maya Gosztyla
2018 - Eleni Packis
2018 - Sunny Kwok*
2018 - Samantha Goode*
2017 - Henry Wu
2017 - Alison Baker
2017 - Matt Schneider
2017 - Nicole Puccetti
2017 - Olivia Fitzpatrick
2017 - Mohit Deshpande