Originally conceived by the University of Queensland, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges Caltech graduate students to explain their research in an engaging and clear three-minute talk intended for a non-specialist audience. This year’s event is jointly sponsored by the Caltech Library and the Graduate Studies Office. Given Caltech’s prominence in science and engineering communities, we feel it's important to give Caltech graduate students the opportunity to practice communicating their science in ways that will resonate and inspire.

The final event for 3MT 2022 will take place on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 5:00 pm (Pacific). 

You are registering to attend online via livestream.  

We are pleased to partner with Caltech Theater and Public Programming for the event, which is also generously sponsored by:

• Elsevier
• American Physical Society
• IOP Publishing
• Thieme/Science of Synthesis

There will be four prizes awarded:

• $3,000 for first place (sponsored by EBSCO)
• $2,000 for second place (sponsored by Elsevier)
• $1,000 for third place (sponsored by Wiley)
• $500 for the audience favorite chosen by attendees (sponsored by Springer/Nature)