Watch 3MT presentations from around the world

2025 First Place Winner
University at Buffalo
"Health in a Hearing World"

2024 Runner-Up
Iowa State University
"Uncovering reasons behind poor water treatment plant operation"

2024 Winner
Iowa State University
"Unraveling virus infection in the world's deadliest animal"

2024 Winner
Matariki Network (Queen's University)
"Trust your gut... microbiota: It may be the key to uncovering childhood asthma risk"

2024 Runner-up
Matariki Network (University of Western Australia)
"Thinking With Both Sides of the Brain"

2024 Runner-Up
Matariki Network (University of Western Australia)
"Beyond the birds and the bees: Engaging beekeeper's knowledge of the environment to improve management of public lands in Southwest Western Australia

2024 People's Choice
Matariki Network (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen)
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Preposition: English Flexibility vs. German Precision"

2024 First Place Winner
University at Buffalo
Breaking Bad Bonds: Will PFAS-Munching Microbes Save Us?

2023 winner
Iowa State University
"Characterizing a novel DNA element in the placenta"

2023 Runner-up
Iowa State University
"Efficient and recyclable of rare-earth elements by covalent organic frameworks"

2023 First Place Winner
University at Buffalo
Using Benchwork to Get Off the Bench: Assessing Saliva During Concussion Recovery

2023 Winner
Matariki Network (University of Otago)
"Home Invasion"

2023 Runner-up
Matariki Network (Uppsala University)

2023 People's Choice
Matariki Network (University of Otago)
"From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Exploring Unique Grain Fibre Bread for Gut Health and Beyond

2023 Winner
Brandeis University
"Armed Against Alzheimer’s: How Your Voice Could Save Your Mind"

2023 Runner-up
Brandeis University
"Felling Native Forests, Reclaiming Indigenous Power"

2023 Winner
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
"Funny Business: Subversive tactics for approaching future fear in art"

2023 Runner-up and People's Choice Winner
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
"CAR T Cell Therapy: The Living Drug"

2022 First Place Winner
Iowa State University
"Optimizing Solid-state Anaerobic Digestion of Prairie Grass and Dairy Manure"

2022 Second Place Winner
Iowa State University
"Biased Interaction of Different Tubulin Isotypes with Tumor Overexpressed Genes (TOG) Determines Cell Division Rate"

2022 Winner
Matariki Network and University of Otago, New Zealand
"The Nature of the Beast"

2022 Runner-Up
Matariki Network and Queen’s University, Canada
"Till Death Do Us Part” – Supporting spouses separated in long-term care"

2022 People's Choice
Matariki Network and Queen’s University, Canada
"What goes inside a Designer’s Mind"

2021 Winner
University of the West Indies
"Characterisation of Starch from Ackee (Blighia sapida) Seeds and its potential for Industrial Utilisation"

2021 Runner Up
University of the West Indies
"The Identification and Isolation of Anti-Diabetic Agents from Desmodium canum (Strong Back Weed)"

2021 People's Choice
University of the West Indies
"The Linguistic Construction of Masculinity in Jamaica"

2021 Winner
Iowa State University
"Drug Development for the Treatment of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)"

2021 Runner Up
Iowa State University
"Remote Spatial Coordination within Cytoskeleton Regulates Timing of Cell Division"

2022 Winner
University at Buffalo
"Communal Trauma and the History of Mental Health Care Systems"

2021 Winner
Matariki Network and University of Tübingen, Germany
“Using metabolic engineering strategies to improve phototrophic cyanobacteria for the production of sustainable, biodegradable bioplastics”

2021 Runner-up
Matariki Network and Queen's University Canada
“Scared of what’s behind you – Negotiating a double minority dilemma”

2021 People's Choice
Matariki Network and University of Otago, New Zealand
“The optimal state for adventure sports”

2021 Winner
University at Buffalo
"HIV PARA-DOC: Using Documentary Films to Reduce HIV Stigma in Indonesia"

2020 Winner
Matariki Network and Queen's University, Canada
"City of Spies"

2020 Runner-up
Matariki Network and University of Western Australia
"Teacher, I care that you C.A.R.E."

2020 People's Choice
Matariki Network and University of Otago, New Zealand
"Fingerprinting New Zealand Hops: Can we expand the NZ hop industry?"

2020 Winner
University at Buffalo

2020 Winner
Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami

2020 Runner-up
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

2019 First Place Winner
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2019 Runner Up
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2019 Winner
School of Architecture, University of Miami

2019 Runner-up
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

2019 Winner
University at Buffalo
"War Against Cancer: Drop the Knife and Grab a Laser"

Winner 2019
Iowa State University
"Understanding West Nile virus trends: mosquito biology across seasons"

Second Place 2019
Iowa State University
"Monitoring cable health to ensure nuclear power plant safety"

Winner 2019
University of Nigeria Nsukka
"Agriculture-Food-Energy Nexus in a Human-Dominated World"

First Runner Up 2019
University of Nigeria Nsukka
"Optimizing Learning for Young Adults Through Animated Short Films"

Winner 2019
Matariki Network and University of Western Australia
"Reducing global waste through insect farming"

Asia-Pacific Winner & People's Choice 2018
Universiti Putra Malaysia
"Dengue Detective"

Winner 2019
Marquette University
"Design and evolution of a novel ankle joint"

Asia-Pacific Runner-Up 2018
Macquarie University
'Can the brain speak when the mouth can't?'

Winner 2018
The University of Queensland
'Maintaining the magic of migration'

Runner-Up 2018
The University of Queensland
'Fight creepy with crawly'

Winner 2018
University of Hawaii at Manoa

People's Choice 2018
The University of Queensland
"Neural stem cells and the pursuit of happiness"

Asia-Pacific Winner 2017
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
"Catalyzing Change: Light at the end of the tunnel"

Asia-Pacific Runner-up 2017
James Cook University
"Let's talk about sex change"

Winner 2017
The University of Queensland
"Drones - gone with the wind"

Runner-Up & People's Choice 2017
The University of Queensland
"Clamping down on the flavours of Flu"

Winner 2016
The University Of Queensland
"Dying to talk"

Asia-Pacific Winner 2016
Australian National University
"Targeting the root of vision loss"

Asia-Pacific Runner-up 2016
University of Melbourne
"Teenage crime. Making sense of it."

Asia-Pacific People's Choice Winner 2016
University of Wollongong
"From storytelling to story writing"

Runner-up 2016
The University of Queensland
"Taming the chimera"

Winner 2016
University of Calgary
"Why do Canadian millennial teachers leave the profession?"

Winner 2016
University of Notre Dame
"Dancing bridges: A human-centered approach to prevent flutter in footbridges"

Winner 2016
Uni of Missouri Kansas City
"Countering climate change"

Winner 2016
University of Idaho
"Liquid detectives: Titan's evaporites"

Winner 2016
Trent University
"Beyond the prison walls: Gender differences on the effects of parental incarceration"

Grand Prize Winner 2017
The University of Missouri-Kansas City

Winner 2017
University of Notre Dame
"Transmedia Traditions: Re-making Medieval Romance"

1st Place Award 2017
University at Buffalo
"Test Phantom Fingers for higher Biometric Security"

Winner 2017
Marquette University
"The Colored Problem”--Milwaukee’s White Urban Churches Respond to the Second Great Migration"

First Place 2017
University of Minnesota
"Studying how Stem Cells Behave in the Heart"

2017 First Place
University of Miami
"Effects of the Environmental Pollutant, PCBs, on the Gut"

2017 First Place
University of Miami
"Sexual Orientation Disclosure and Concealment: A Model-Driven Meta-Analysis"

2017 First Place Winner
Iowa State University
"Studying Microbubbles to Treat Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)"

2017 Second Place Winner
Iowa State University
"Parkinson’s Disease: An Unheard Tale of Microglia"