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Guide to 3MT

This is a guide to assist students who are preparing to compete in the 3MT competitions.

Past Award-Winning 3MT Presentations

Watching previous years' 3MT videos can be an excellent way to prepare. You can get a better understanding of what makes a successful 3MT presentation and see how techniques have been applied for effective research communication.

More 3MT presentation videos below. They are categorised according to the participants' schools. 
 

2025 UQ 3MT FinalistLuona ZhaoBalancing risk and romance: the role of emotions in female tourists' online self-disclosure behaviour
2024 UQ FinalistYufan LiuRisk Allure: Destination Image and Young Tourists' Risk-Taking
2023 UQ 3MT Runner-upElcin TuzelChild abuse and suicidal thoughts in children
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistUnaisi NarawaIndigenous Identity in Fiji: Na Vanua, Na Lawa, Na Kawa Ni Bobula
2022 UQ 3MT FinalistAarushi DhingraBody Mass Index: Where to draw the line?
2022 UQ 3MT FinalistLoren NichollsTrash to Treasure: Applying circular economy principles to mining
2021 UQ 3MT FinalistLi Xie CarsonFake it to make it: Exploring virtual influencers in tourism
2020 UQ 3MT FinalistSabrina LenzenBe active, prevent dementia!
2019 UQ 3MT FinalistJocelyn BosseFruitful Partnerships: Science, Law and the Kakadu Plum
2019 UQ 3MT FinalistKieu My (Michelle) TranSilver Tsunami! Are we ready?
2019 UQ 3MT FinalistAndrea ShawGood intentions are not enough
2018 UQ 3MT FinalistJocelyn BosseFruitful partnerships: science, law, and the Kakadu plum
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistAshley DingThis forecast is actually accurate!
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistPaul McGorreryProsecuting Psychological harms
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMiriam SeifertAnti-consumption as a Driver to Achieve a Competitive Advantage in Firms..
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistSam BoyleCapacity and treatment refusal: The case of Anorexia Nervosa?
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistKatrina HoganPromoting ethical international business activity...
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistGregory MowleWhat can Charles Dickens teach us about financial literacy?
2015 UQ 3MT WinnerTeegan GreenTrust Me, I'm a (Tele) Doctor
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistLiam PomfretSharing and Privacy Online
2014 UQ 3MT FinalistCameron MurrayWe might all be corrupt
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistEmil JuvanComfortable vacation, uncomfortable mind
2025 UQ 3MT FinalistTammy MacGinleyLife in the dark
2025 UQ 3MT FinalistTanika DuivenvoordenZooming in on Batteries for a Better Future
2025 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceFirasti SumadiCooking Cancer Cells with SOUND!
2024 UQ Runner-up and People's ChoiceArthur De AlwisA Song of Rocks on Fire
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceDilendra WijesekaraUnlocking the Power of Silk: Next-Generation Packing Materials for Ear Surgery
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistRatnadira WidyasariClear as Code: Using AI to Explain Code Issues
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistEmily CooperThe best mattress is a zinc mattress
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistPhilippe VachonLab-on-a-Chip? Sounds Amazing!
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerMatthew ShawLunacy
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceUsman Bin ShahidElectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistRoxanne HawiSmart phones as the sole devices for study - not as silly as it sounds?
2020 UQ 3MT FinalistAaron SnoswellTeaching robots by showing, not by programming
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerLuo YifeiListening in on Plants through a Conductive Liquid Glue
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceStefania PeracchiMoon to Mars and beyond
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistJessica BolinAre you ready for this jelly?
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMegan BurfootThe classroom is listening
2019 UQ 3MT FinalistCharmaine LamielIce cold seawater, anyone?
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerJessica BohorquezGuardians of the Pipelines
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistNeng ZhangVibrations can be a killer!
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistPeter Jean-PaulEnergy Saving Devices: On the road to generating savings and profits
2018 UQ 3MT FinalistJagadeeshkumar KulandaiveluTwo for the price of one!
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistPui Yan Hung"Bumpers" on Aircraft
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistBen McAllisterShining a light on dark matter
2018 Asia Pacific 3MT Winner & People's ChoiceYasmin Mustapha KamilDengue Detective
2017 UQ 3MT WinnerEdwin Davisgone with the wind
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistHans Philipp SueltropIt's not coffee science
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistKatie MacintoshWaste is Power
2015 UQ 3MT Runner-up & People's ChoiceShaun ChenAiding International Students in Engineering
2015 Trans-Tasman Runner-Up & People's ChoiceJaysuman Bin PusppanathanTomography for liquid-Gas Imaging
2014 UQ 3MT FinalistTyson PhillipsIs it where I think it is? - An automation conundrum
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistAnthony KungTrain tracks and Pictionary: managing environmental conflicts
2025 UQ 3MT FinalistAnastasia GandiniFrom Fairytale to Therapy: Waking the Immune system in Ovarian Cancer
2024 UQ WinnerClaire ReillyThe Silent Struggle: Temporary tube feeding management in children
2024 UQ FinalistGemma SmartWhat lies beneath: Unveiling the hidden context of child development and behaviour
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistFrancesca PicucciKilling cancer cells: Chemotherapy, radiation and… cannabinoids?
2022 UQ 3MT FinalistNaomi FersteraLeaving a legacy
2021 UQ 3MT Runner-upGenevieve VuongTeleCHAT with Aphasia
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistAmy KirkegaardAn apple a day brings quality into play
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistChad HanStay at home: Breaking the vicious cycle of hospital readmissions
2020 UQ 3MT WinnerEmma SchimkeTo sleep or not to sleep?
2019 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceGianni RibeiroFrom trial and error to trials with error
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistClare LadymanIs sleep the 'black box' to perinatal depression?
2018 UQ 3MT FinalistNatalie VearPreventing 'heart ache' for breast cancer survivors
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upSelene PetitCan the brain speak when the mouth can't?
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistChelsea MauchMobile apps for supporting healthy family needs
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistShari O'BrienLearning to improve foot control in Cerebral Palsy
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistMelissa BrinumsWhen do children practise for the future?
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistBecky WhiteMilk Man: A Breastfeeding App for Dads?
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistGrace BranjerdpornI knew I loved you before I met you: Mothering the unborn
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistRohan KapitanyHuman Culture and the Paradox of the Absurd
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistHolly RominovExploring the link between fathers' postnatal distress and later child problems
2014 UQ Runner-upSachin ThakurSaving your sight with the power of sound
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistAdam CulvenorYoung people with old knees
2010 UQ 3MT Winner & People's ChoiceTina WuCalcium channels as therapeutic targets for cancer
2025 UQ 3MT WinnerFran SpinelliAI as a walking partner? Exploring international students' use of AI to support their academic English needs
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerSienna van RossumMaking Contact with Images: A Return to the Art of Looking
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistBrittany Ogden-TravisListening to Children in Aotearoa
2024 UQ FinalistBianca MillroyCognitive Conversations: Science-informed Storytelling
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistWan Noor Farah Wan ShamsuddinImplementing virtual reality task-based language teaching in a Malaysian technical university to reduce interview anxiety and improve interview performance
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistAaron TeoBeing ‘Asian’ in Australia - Some questions
2022 UQ 3MT FinalistDure Sameen JabranFirst Nations Sleep Coaches to help young people in community
2021 UQ 3MT FinalistNarayan PanthiChallenging Behaviour of Children and Early Childhood Educator
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSarah MokrzyckiThe importance and benefits of family diversity in Australian picture books
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistNik Nur Ainin Soffiya Binti Nik MatConversations about female circumcision
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistKylie SturgessTeaching Radio with Edu-Taining Storytelling Podcasts
2019 UQ 3MT Runner-upYael LeibovitchTalking our way to better writing
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceGillian SmithReconstructing the Experience of the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak
2018 UQ 3MT FinalistMichael JenningsTo C, or not to C
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSarah MokrzyckiThe importance of family diversity in Australian picture books
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistMichael JenningsTo C, or not to C
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistShamara RansiriniDangerous Women
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-UpNathaniel SwainTeenage crime. Making sense of it
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceIka Lestari DamayantiFrom Storytelling to Story Writing: A Learning Journey of English Language Learners in Indonesia
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSusan ChapmanArts Immersion: An exciting way forward in education
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSijia ChenNote-taking: what can we learn from interpreters?
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistKate Riegle Van WestPoi for Your Health: A Spin on Ageing
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistMichael JenningsIssues in the transition from secondary to tertiary mathematics: student and teacher perspectives
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistGlory GatwiriThrough their eyes: Kenyan women's stories of living with Vaginal Fistulas
2014 UQ 3MT FinalistGuangli LiLearning through word association
2013 UQ 3MT WinnerMichael ThaiOcker or Oriental? Asian Australians and the Denial of National Identity
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistHaiyan LiangAcquisition of Polysemous Shang (Up) in Chinese as a Foreign Language
2012 UQ 3MT Runner-UpWen WuOn discriminating people: Visual expertise in categorisation
2010 UQ 3MT Runner-upWill HarrisonLook here and pay attention
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistKade HuckstepRodents Raving Towards Recovery: exploring an exciting new way to break the vivious cycle of PTSD and Alcohol Use
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistAmjad AlmuqrinArresting Dental Caries in Children: From Black to White
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistIsabelle McGrathClues into Endometriosis
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistJade KublerThe journey from seed to tree
2022 UQ 3MT WinnerYunan YeThe big bang – how it all started
2022 UQ 3MT Runner-upDrew CylinderWhat worms can teach us about general anaesthesia
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upAmanda KhamisI-Eat, you eat, but can we all eat? Feeding therapy for babies with cerebral palsy and dysphagia
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistDmitrii ShekDeciphering the biomarkers of cancer immunotherapy
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistRana SawiresSnotty with a Chance of Influenza
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistJoshua RobinsonHelping babies breathe: improving lung health in babies of asthmatic mothers
2021 UQ 3MT WinnerRosie StokeBlowing Balloons for Small Babies
2021 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceSamuel BrookfieldGiving up on Willpower: Using Ethnography to Change the Debate on Methamphetamine Addiction
2020 UQ 3MT Runner-upHollier O’NeillRacing to Improve Heart Transplants
2020 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceAmanda BordinA breath of fresh air: improving tests for bacteria in cystic fibrosis
2020 UQ 3MT FinalistZorana LyntonMaking Up for Burnt Bridges
2019 UQ 3MT WinnerCody FrearNegative Pressure Wound Therapy in Paediatric Burns: No-No or Noo-Noo?
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upLithin LouisMysteries of a Beating Heart
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistCody FrearOut with the old, in with the Noo-noo
2018 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceSaurabh BandhavkarNeural stem cells and the pursuit of happiness
2018 UQ 3MT FinalistXiaoqing (Alice) ZhouExercise for an agile mind
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistNicole FreeRestoring Voice With Therapy: Can A Larynx Change Its Spots?
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistJoana RevezFrom an asthma risk gene to breathing a sigh of relief
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistHeidi WalkdenDoes breathing kill?
2016 UQ 3MT Winner & People's ChoiceAnna-Liisa SuttDying to Talk
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerJoshua Chu-TanTargeting the Root of Vision Loss
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistLisa YamadaMixed messages: a growing problem
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT WinnerEamonn FahyCatching the Silent Thief of Sight
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistJenny McDowellIndentifying missing persons: getting answers from our bones
2014 UQ 3MT WinnerMegan RossiA gut feeling about kidney disease
2025 UQ 3MT Runner-upAlyssa PetersonNo Vacancy for Disease
2024 UQ FinalistGenevieve WilliamsPop culture in humpback whales - songs go viral from west to east
2024 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistInka PleissUnderstanding the impact of climate change on a New Zealand seabird
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT Winner & People's ChoiceAgnes Ruramai MukurumbiraInvestigation of essential oils as antimicrobials for application in food packaging
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upRebecca ConnorThe effects of management on the welfare and behaviour of captive kiwi
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistCaitlin HydeGrubs Up: Insects as Food in Aotearoa, New Zealand
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistCam HoffbeckThe tuatara microbiome: environmental influences and conservation implications
2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistHenry HoultMt. Taranaki has a plumbling problem
2023 UQ 3MT FinalistShannon JewellThe Grey Wolf of Parkinson’s Disease
2022 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceSumma BibbySpot the Difference: Virus Edition
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT WinnerTrevyn TooneRestoration and Recovery of Green-lipped Mussels
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT People's ChoiceRyan HickmottBuild-A-Brain Workshop: Towards a Golden Era of Neuroscience
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistLucy Hughes'Molecular Band-aids' to treat fatal lysosomal storage disorders
2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMerryn BakerBreath Analysis for Early Disease Detection
2021 UQ 3MT FinalistAngelique AsselinWelcome to Wolbachia UniVIRUSity
2021 UQ 3MT FinalistCasey HuangHow to stop a serial killer: Legionella in plumbing systems
2021 UQ 3MT FinalistJessica von PeinSuperbugs vs Superhumans: Zinc Attack!
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upTharika LiyanageAdopting an orphan biomarker
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSharmelee SelvarajiRemember me?
2020 UQ 3MT FinalistOliver BellwoodThe “8 minutes abs” of material physics
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT Runner-upAnna FrouwsSeagrasses, the Avengers of the sea: a story of diversity and resilience
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistRocco CavaleriRapid brain mapping: From hours to minutes
2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistTheresa PankhurstNasal spray vaccines to arrest viruses as they invade the lung
2019 UQ 3MT FinalistGabrielle LebbinkLess lawn, more grass
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMichelle DemersKnow Your Enemy
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistBeatrice ChiewSAR wars: A journey through Chemical Space
2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistAlexis Ceecee ZhangAn unnerving problem: a fishy solution
2018 UQ 3MT WinnerMicha JacksonMaintaining the magic of migration
2018 UQ 3MT Runner-upSamantha NixonFight creepy with crawly
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistHong Huat HohThe invading armies of pancreatic cancer
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMei Li KhongToo Many P-s Spoil the Protein
2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistMicha JacksonMaintaining the Magic of Migration
2017 UQ 3MT Runner-up & People's ChoiceChris McMillanClamping down on the flavours of Flu
2017 UQ 3MT FinalistAnahita MizaniSize does matter!
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistAlice RussoA Novel Solution to a Warty Problem...
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistJennifer SoundyAptabiotics: fighting resistant bacteria with nanosilver
2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistJemma SeyfangSelecting the right pig for the job
2017 Asia Pacific 3MT Winner & People's ChoiceAshwin Charles BenedictCatalyzing Change: Light at the End of the Tunnel
2017 Asia Pacific 3MT Runner-upAlyssa BuddLet’s talk about sex change
2016 UQ 3MT Runner-upThisun PiyasenaTaming the chimera (Wildcard entry)
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistCrystal ConcepcionRice, maps and markers: A treasure hunt
2016 UQ 3MT FinalistGhanendra GartaulaIs wheat porridge possible?
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistThisun PiyasenaTaming the Chimera
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT FinalistSatoshi TomanoThe King of Squid
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistAlyce SwinbourneEat roots, shoots and wees
2015 UQ 3MT FinalistCecile RichardHow to produce more with less water
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistAndrew FarrerAncient DNA and the life on us
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistRobert MichaelOne quick trick to convict?
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistRaymond OnyekachiBeauty without the beast; search for berylium's partner
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistMarcus GiacciInvestigating damage to myelin stem cells following neurotrauma
2015 Trans-Tasman 3MT FinalistJennifer OwensWhen a little pee is a big problem; Nitrous oxide from irrigated dairy pastures in New Zealand
2014 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceHonglei ZhaiMore cereal in your diet-Less fat in your body
2014 UQ 3MT FinalistAshleigh ShannonThe dengue virus protease as a drug target
2014 UQ 3MT FinalistBarbara MaierDisease in a dish
2013 UQ 3MT Runner-up & People's ChoiceTimothy BrennanA fuel of the future
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistSarah SweetRags to riches, or silver spoons? A story of galaxy fortunes.
2013 UQ 3MT FinalistKarishma ModySingle 'n Hot - The new nanovaccine
2012 UQ 3MT WinnerAmanda PearceProstate cancer - "Probing" for a solution
2012 UQ 3MT People's ChoiceWilko DuprezMaking drugs, not war: the hippie medication