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UCD ThesisIn3

Graduate Studies announce the 8th annual UCD ThesisIn3 competition. This competition 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 Wednesday 28th May 2025 at 11am (Coffee/Tea served at 11:00, Event starts at 11:30am) in the Red Room, Student Centre. All members of the UCD community are welcome to attend. You can register for the event here.

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 also 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 represent UCD:

For full terms and conditions, please see Terms and Conditions for the UCD ThesisIn3 competition.

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

2024 ThesisIn3 winners

Winner - Melissa Kinch, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Science

'Who will hold my hand, Mum?'

Runner up - Sara Dada, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Science

It Takes a Village

Runner up - Jenny Power, UCD School of Medicine

Digital Palliative Care: Reassure with every byte!

People's choice award - Colleen Lawless, School of Biology and Environmental Science

Quality over Quantity? Unlocking the Secrets of Odour Perception in Great White Sharks

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 (opens in a new window)YouTube Channel

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