3MT is an annual competition that challenges Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The 3MT competition will be held virtually in 2022.

For more information about the 3MT 2022 competition, including eligibility, judging criteria and competition rules, please visit the UTAS About 3MT website.

You can also view entries from some of our previous contestants and finalists below!

Winner - UTAS 3MT Final

Stan Drummen (Menzies)

More Exercise, Less Surgery

Runner Up - UTAS 3MT Final

Fergus Edwards (English)

Tom and Ludwig

People’s Choice – UTAS 3MT Final

Elga Skrastins (Sociology and Criminology)

Archival Evidence for the Emergence of Promiscuity as a Mental Disorder in Tasmania

Youyin (Alice) Yu (Accounting and Governance)

No pain, no gain! or Double the pain, halve the gain

Prashasti Singh (Ecology and Biodiversity)

Diatom sedimentary ancient DNA: Stepping into the past to save Antarctica's future

Freya Su (Architecture)

Attack of the Black Mould

Andrea Hay (Geomatic Engineering)

The SWOT satellite mission: changing how we see the world

Bibek Khatiwada (Menzies)

Childhood cataract gene hunting

Yann Herrera Fuchs (Ecology and Biodiversity)

Understanding the Role of Temperature in Shaping Global Reef Biodiversity

Dinah Amoah (Health Science)

Supporting Young Stroke Survivors Through Engaging Messaging (SYSSTEM)

Hanh Vo (Plant Science)

How Do Plants Sense Drought to Survive?

Hannah Coombe (Medicine)

Investigating the Role of Pericytes in Stroke

Mahsa Pouranayatihosseinabad (Pharmacy)

Maternal antibiotic exposure and the risk of postpartum depression

Lydia Hana (Management)

Is it food waste of could we give it another shot?

Bao Ngoc Tran (Wicking)

Is it possible to prevent bad aging?

Maria Bravo Aguilera (Psychology)

Improving Access to Meaningful Assessment of Cognition for Drug Treatment Services

Yang Dai (Plant Sciences)

Flowering Time Matters

Renny Listyono (Pharmacy)

Effect of High fat diet - induced obesity on neuropathology and functional outcomes following TBI in mice

Chenting Jiang (TIA)

Automatic Predicction of soil water retention function by using Machines learning techniques

Theunis Pieters (Health Science)

Workloads in adolescents athletes: how much is too much?

Muhandiramge Ranasinghe (Chemistry)

How much carcinogens are in wine?

Mars Buttfield-Addison (ICT)

One Eye On The Sky: Space tracking with no interruptions

Simin Salarpour (Physics)

Have you ever been to Mt Pleasant Observatory in Cambridge?

Chitra Sharma (Health Science)

Being active... easier said than done

Kaylee Rudd (Wicking)

Motor Function Changes Precede Cognitive Impairment

Yaxing Meng (Menzies)

Controlling childhood blood pressure tackles the heart disease before it tackles you

Katie Marx (English)

Antarctica: Out of Sight, Front of Mind

Kate McMaster (Pharmacy)

Memories and Muscles

Hannah Fair (Wicking)

Reaching the unengaged: Converstations about dementia and risk reduction

Xin Lin (Menzies)

Lifting up the blindfold

Tram Nguyen (Menzies)

Brain repair with magnetci brain stimulation in Multiple Sclerosis

Geethu Baby (Education)

Teacher's Perceptions of the benefits and challenges for using multimodal approached to teach ESL in Indian primary classrooms

Penelope Taylor (Sociology and Crimionlogy)

Turning the lens: Indigenous perspectives on race-relations and on building White capacity for constructive relations in Australia

Chin Chuan Lim (Mathematics)

Voice of the Sky

Noemie Friscourt (IMAS)

Know it by a whisker

Archana Gaikwad (Health Science)

IPF: A Mysterious Killer Disease