UCD ThesisIn3

Graduate Studies announce the seventh annual UCD ThesisIn3 competition. The UCD ThesisIn3 supports graduate research students in their development as confident research communicators, and we invite all UCD Stage 2 PhD Students to submit an entry and share your research with the UCD community.

The ThesisIn3 Competition will take place on Thursday 30^th May 2024 at 10.30 am. All members of the UCD community are welcome to attend.

Research students are challenged to present their research in three minutes, using only one slide, to a non-specialist audience. Entrants must distil their niche subjects and intensive research into bite-sized presentations that will inform and entertain the general public.

The UCD winner will receive a €250 One-For-All voucher and the two Runners-Up will each receive a €100 One-For-All voucher and serve as ambassadors for UCD research, with recordings of their presentations on the Graduate Studies website.

The winner of ThesisIn3 will go on to represent UCD at:

• the National Irish Universities Association (IUA) competition. Full details and a recording of 2023 event and filming.
• the Universitas21 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®), where they will compete with researchers from all over the globe.

Entrants are required to submit a 200-word abstract outlining their research in accessible, everyday terms and a short bio. You can download, complete and send your ThesisIn3 2024_Application_form, using the Graduate Studies Connector, (choose Current Graduate Research Student> ThesisIn3 Competition from drop down menu) by Monday 29^th April.

A workshop on preparation for the ThesisIn3 and research presentation will be open for all PhD students to attend in preparation for your submission and your presentation skills more generally. You can register for the workshop here.

For full terms and conditions, please see UCD ThesisIn3 - Terms and Conditions.

For general enquiries, please contact us via the Graduate Studies Connector – select ThesisIn3 Competition from the drop-down menu.

2023 ThesisIn3 Winners

Winner – Sergei Katsuba, UCD Sutherland School of Law

Decade of violence: How authoritarian regimes instigate violence and hate crimes against marginalised groups

Runner up – Mary Davis, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

COM and get it: Why weights for women with obesity is the way to go

Runner up – Laura Gunning, UCD Institute of Food and Health

Discovering a ‘whey’ towards healthy ageing

2022 ThesisIn3 Winners

Winner – Tara Brady, UCD School of Medicine

An apple a day may keep the respiratory doctor away

Runner up – Lorna O'Donoghue, UCD School of Medicine / Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research

Platelets Drive – WE survive

Runner up – Sophie du Bois de Dunilac, UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Centre for Biomedical Engineering

Get a Grip! How partial slipping of our fingers informs us of grip safety

2021 ThesisIn3 Winner

UCD ThesisIn3 and U21 Three Minute Thesis® Competition Winner – Morgan Morris, UCD School of Chemistry/BiOrbic Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

Lactose in 3: A Cash Cow for Targeting Tumours

See more ThesisIn3 videos on our YouTube Channel