“An 80,000 word thesis explained in less than 180 seconds”
Higher Degrees by Research…Start your 3MT journey…
The Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy students. Developed by The University of Queensland, 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
The Virtual 3MT of the ICOME 2024 organized by the Faculty of Management Studies at The Open University of Sri Lanka, challenges active PhD/MPhil/DBA candidates who have successfully passed their confirmation milestone (including candidates whose thesis is under submission) to present a captivating oral presentation on their higher degree research concisely in just 3 minutes using a single presentation slide.
The objectives of the 3MT competition are to cultivate higher research students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
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Target Audience
Active PhD/MPhil/DBA candidates who have successfully passed their confirmation milestone.
Eligibility
Active PhD/MPhil/DBA candidates who have successfully passed their confirmation milestone (including candidates whose thesis is under submission) by the date of the first presentation are eligible to participate in the competition. Please note that Graduates are not eligible.
Benefits to the Participants
- Skill Development: 3MT develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills, while developing research candidates’ ability to effectively explain their research in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
- Building Research Culture and Networking: 3MT provides a valuable opportunity for higher education research candidates in Sri Lanka and abroad to come together, get to know one another and talk about their research.
- Recognition: The 3MT winners will receive valuable certificates and awards at the awarding ceremony of the ICOME 2024.
Publication Opportunities: Full papers accepted for 3MT competition will be published in the conference proceedings of ICOME 2024. The conference proceedings are peer-reviewed and published with ISSN by the Faculty of Management Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka. The research papers submitted and presented at the 3MT competition will be considered for publication after the peer review process in international journals and local journals such as Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies and Management Issues published by the Faculty of Management Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka
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Important Dates:
| event name | event deadline |
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Calling for registration to Virtual 3MT |
25th October 2021 |
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Deadline of full paper submission together with supervisor consent form |
24th January 2022 |
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Notification to eligible candidates |
15th January 2022 |
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Video submission to preliminary rounds |
25th February 2022 |
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Notification to the finalists |
1th February 2022 |
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Early bird registration and final paper submission |
10th March 2022 |
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Final paper submission |
15th March 2022 |
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Video submission to Grand finale |
25th March 2022 |
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Grand finale |
1st April 2022 |
Registration and Fee:
| Early bird registration | Late registration | |
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Local competitors |
LKR 2000 |
LKR 2500 |
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Foreign competitors |
USD 50 |
USD 75 |