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3MT Events

To participate in SFU 3MT Finals, you must first compete in your faculty 3MT event or the Open Wildcard Heat. If you are a winner in your heat, you will be invited to compete in the SFU 3MT Finals.  SFU Finalists are then invited to participate in regional events.

Meet the 2024 SFU Finalists

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Faculty Heats

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
Tuesday, Feb 27
9:30am - 12:00pm
Big Data Hub (ASB 10900) Apply by Feb 13 (closed now)

Organizer's Contact: fas_grad_coordinator@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place - $600*
  • Runner Up - $200*
  • People's Choice Award - $200

*The top two winners determined by the judge's scoring will advance to the SFU Final to compete for cash prizes and the chance to represent SFU at the Western Regional and National Competitions.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
Wednesday, Mar. 6,
1:00 - 3:00pm
Big Data Hub (ASB 10900) Apply by Mar 1

Organizer's Contact: fasssec@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place - $400
  • Second Place - $200
  • People's Choice Award - $200

Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD TBD
TBD

Organizer's Contact:

Cash Prizes: 

Faculty of Education

Date & Time Location Registration  
March 27
5:00 - 6:30pm
Education Building,
SFU Burnaby (room TBA)
Apply by Thursday, March 21

Organizer's Contact: educedd@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place $400
  • Runner up $250
  • People's Choice $150

Faculty of Environment

Date & Time Location Registration  
Monday, Mar 18 RCB 6136
Apply by Friday, Mar 8

Organizer's Contact: lauriew@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place $400
  • Second Place $200
  • People's Choice $150

Faculty of Health Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD TBD
TBD

Organizer's Contact:

Cash Prizes: 

Faculty of Science

Date & Time Location Registration  
Wednesday, Mar 6, 11:30 - 2:00 pm SSB 7172 TBD

Organizer's Contact: sci_adgs@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

Graduate Studies 3MT

Wildcard

Date & Time Location Registration  
Thursday, March 14
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Big Data Hub (ASB 10900) TBD

The wildcard competition is open to graduate students who can't attend their faculty heat or whose faculty did not have a heat. Participants are only allowed to compete once in either their faculty heat or the wildcard competition. Students will participate in person/live.

Organizer's Contact: Charity Slobod at gpsprod@sfu.ca
Deadline to submit Title Slide + Presentation Slide: TBA

Finals

Date & Time Location Registration  
Thursday, April 4
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Big Data Hub (ASB 10900)
Deadline: April 3

The winners of each faculty heat and the Wildcard heat will be invited to compete in the SFU 3MT Finals.

WESTERN REGIONALS 

Organized by the Western Canadian Deans of Graduate Studies (WCDGS), up to 17 graduate students from Western Canadian Deans' Agreement participating universities are eligible to participate. The top three competitors at the Western Regional 3MT Competition will go on to compete at the National Canadian Competition.

NATIONALS

Sponsored by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), three graduate students will move forward from the Western Regional competition to the nationals.