Communicate your research: the 3MT in LMP

The 3MT (or 3-Minute Thesis) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia in 2008. 

It is you, your research project, one slide and 3 minutes.

You are communicating to a non-scientific audience about why you’re doing your research and what you hope to achieve with it.

You are not judged on your research or the science, you are judged on how you communicate it. You can take part even if you have zero research results yet!

See our resources page for competitors, coaches and judges

The LMP competition

The University of Toronto competition is run every Spring by the Centre for Graduate Professional Development for doctoral and master’s students.

In LMP, we run our own departmental competition in the spring, open to all LMP learners and the final takes place at the LMP Research Conference (LMPRC).

Our aim is to provide a fun and interesting way for any of our learners to learn about communicating their science.

Why you should do it

This should be called ‘why shouldn’t you do it?’! 

It is a great opportunity for you to:

• develop your communication skills
• learn how to communicate your research to a lay audience
• learn more about the other research happening in LMP
• have fun
• be challenged
• if you’re successful, you’ll get great exposure as a researcher!
• You can also win a cash prize of $300 (winner) or $150 (People's Choice).

Find out how to be successful in the 3MT by accessing our resources page.

The LMP 3MT 2025-2026

Six finalists competed at the LMPRC in April 2026.

The LMP 3MT 2024-2025

Five finalists made it to the LMP 3MT finals in February 2025.