Let's celebrate the next generation of research stars at Deakin’s 3MT Grand Final

The annual Deakin University Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)  Grand Final event was held on 18 August and showcased our brilliant graduate researchers competing to be the best at research communication.

Our Grand Final is the culmination of the Researcher Development Academy’s four-month 3MT®/Reel Research Engaging Research Communication program. The program provides tailored support and training for our research students to learn how to effectively communicate the impact of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

Meet our past winners!

We’d like to congratulate all of our Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) participants who competed in our Grand Final showcase in 2025.

A special congratulations to our 3MT winners,

• Winner: Widi Kurniawati presenting Batteries that Don't Burn: Taming the Metal We've Been Hiding from
  Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials
• Runner up and People’s Choice: Ali Khalafizadeh presenting Cancers' Partners in CrimeFaculty of Health

We also congratulations to our 2026 Deakin Reel Research winner

• Andre Morin presenting "Digital salmon: building tech for ethical fish farming"
  Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, School of Life and Environmental Sciences