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Three Minute Rundown Competition
The NOBCChE Three Minute Rundown (3MR) is a fast-paced research communication competition that challenges graduate student researchers to explain their work clearly, concisely, and engagingly to a non-specialist audience, in just three minutes.
Competition Format
- Time Limit: Three minutes per presentation
- Visual Aid: One static PowerPoint slide
- Audience: General judges and non-specialist attendees
- Goal: Communicate the research problem, significance, key findings, and potential impact in a clear and compelling way
Research Areas
Submissions are welcome across the broad fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related STEM disciplines, including, but not limited to:
- Energy, sustainability, and climate solutions
- Environmental chemistry and engineering
- Advanced materials, polymers, and nanotechnology
- Biotechnology, biomedical, and pharmaceutical research
- Catalysis, separations, and reaction engineering
- Computational chemistry, modeling, data science, and AI
- Process systems, manufacturing, and industrial innovation
- Emerging and interdisciplinary research
Graduate students interested in showcasing their research and strengthening their science-communication skills are encouraged to participate.
The submission deadline is September 3, 2026.