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.

Eligibility

  • 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!

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!

2026 3MT competition

Sub-Faculty 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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