To enter this year's Faculty of Applied Sciences heat for the SFU Three Minute Thesis Competition, please read the competition rules and requirements and fill out the form below to submit your presentation slide.

This year's FAS heat will be held in-person at SFU Burnaby campus on Tuesday, March 4th, which will require you to submit a presentation slide in advance. Judging will take place by a panel of faculty judges, and the audience will also submit their votes for the People's Choice Award.

Note that our judging panel will include faculty members; they will be required to report any conflicts of interest and not score presentations of students they are supervising. The judging panel will be announced soon and their bios will be posted.

Visit the SFU 3MT Competition main page:
  • The read the eligibility criteria, competition rules and how the judges will score your presentation.
Download the PowerPoint template:
  • To read the competition rules.
  • To create your title slide as instructed.
  • To create your one slide for the presentation.
By Monday, February 24th, 2025 at 11:59PM PST, please submit the following:
  • The completed title slide and presentation slide using the template provided.
  • A photo of yourself to be used at the event and on the FAS/SFU website. Please note that when you submit the photo, you will be giving us permission to post it on the FAS/SFU channels for promotional purposes.

If you have any questions, please contact fasgrad@sfu.ca.

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. SFU Email Address

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* 4. SFU Student Number (301...)

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* 5. School

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* 6. What graduate degree program are you in?

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* 7. What type of program are you enrolled in?

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* 8. Who is your graduate program supervisor? (write down "N/A" if not applicable)

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* 9. What is the title of your presentation?

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* 10. Submitting your PowerPoint and photo files.

To submit your PowerPoint and your photo files, upload your presentation slide and photo to a private cloud space (e.g. OneDrive, or other preferred platform) and paste the download link in the text box.

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* 11. Participation in this competition requires you to agree to the terms below to allow SFU to share your PowerPoint and phot at this public event. Please read and agree to the terms before submitting your files.

1. I grant to SFU the non-exclusive, royalty-free license to the copyright in, and unrestricted permission to use, reuse, publish, and republish in any format, location or medium at any time such photographs, video recordings, sound recordings, performances and any works presented by me contained in the photographs, video recordings and sound recordings of me ("the material"). I further grant to SFU the non-exclusive right to edit the Material before or after use, without restriction. I understand and agree that these licenses, grants and permissions apply to the Material in whole or in part, in any and all media now or hereafter known, for purposes mentioned above. I understand and agree that SFU may identify me by name in any use or reuse of the material in which I appear or am recorded. I hereby release and discharge SFU and its employees and agents from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the use or reuse of the Materials, including without limitation any and all claims for libel, moral rights infringement, copyright infringement, or violation of any right of publicity or privacy.

2. This consent to use the Material and my personal information is permanent.

3. I represent and warrant that nothing in the works presented by me infringes copyright according to the Copyright Act of Canada. See https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/copyright/basics and https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/copyright/law-policy for further information on creator and user rights under Canadian copyright law.

4. Nothing in this consent and release form can be construed as a transfer to SFU of my copyright in my performance and in the works presented. I may deal with any copyright I may hold in the material in any way consistent with the terms of this consent and release form.

5. I understand the Material is collected under the general authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468).

Please check below if you agree to the presentation material and photo consent.

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