Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

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Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (SF-CaMM) postgraduate students compete annually in the "Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)" offered in Australian universities. The students describe their research and its significance in a manner that is comprehensible to a non-specialist audience in just 3 minutes, with a single slide to illustrate key concepts. The School Finalists are selected by individual Departments & Centres, and they compete for a place in the Faculty's Final.

The Three Minute Thesis! 3MT® is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate your research and share it with the community, all within the context of an exciting and supportive competition. Graduates from our Sub-Faculty have consistently identified this as one of the most useful professional training activities to be engaged with during their candidature.

Winners for both senior an junior categories of the Round 1 heats move on to compete in the Sub-Faculty Round 2 Final competition.

An 80,000 word PhD would take 9 hours to present...

YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES!

- Participation in this event is mandatory for all students enrolled in SF-CaMM, and each student must participate twice during their PhD candidature.
- Please ensure you partake in the correct Round 1 heat within the Department/Institute that you are enrolled with. If you are not sure, please refer to your student record (research enrolment summary) or enrolment offer letter.
- Students are organised into two categories: "senior" (Post-confirmation students, registered with the Faculty by the Faculty registration closing date - tbc) or "junior" (Pre-confirmation or Masters by Research students).
- Only "senior students" those who have achieved the confirmation milestone meeting by The Faculty registration closing date (TBC) but have not submitted a thesis - are eligible to move on and participate in the Faculty/University finals and could then go on to the Asia-Pacific 3MT competition in QLD!

2026 3MT competition

Faculty round winner

Congratulations to Sandra Li on winning the Faculty 3MT, held on 24 June. Sandra will represent the faculty in the Monash University Wildcard round.

Sandra won the 1st place in the SF-CaMM round and progressed to the Faculty finals.

SF-CaMM round winners

Senior Category

1st Place: Sandra Li, "After the Fire: Rebuilding the Brain After Stroke"
2nd Place: Caitlin Miles, “To in…sufficiency and beyond”
3rd Place: Dinasha Wimalasiri, "The House that Rebuilds Itself"

Junior Category

1st Place: Pranathi Katneni, "Small Patients, Big Pain: Surgical and Procedural Pain in Infants'"
2nd Place: Naomie Kamdem, "When the womb speaks"

People’s Choice Award

Dinasha Wimalasiri, "The House that Rebuilds Itself"

Sandra Li and Caitlin Miles will represent the SF-CaMM at the Faculty finals on Wednesday 24 June 2026.

Key dates

Faculty Registrations close: Monday 4 May 2026
Faculty Final (Live): Wednesday 24 June 2026
Monash University Wildcard Competition (Live): July 2026 (TBC)
Monash University Final (In-person live event): August 2026 (TBC)
Virtual Asia-Pacific Semi-Final Showcase: 21 September 2026
Asia-Pacific Final - Finalists announced: 2 October 2026
Virtual Asia-Pacific Final - Winners announced: 14 October 2026

Visit the Monash 3MT website for further information.

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