We are now accepting submissions for Mobility Network's 5-minute thesis competition. The submission form will be open until January 1st, 2025.
Link to the submission form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSEJWfsglOHs1Pj3RtKF_h9GFURUJMQ1EwTVZTSEZPNzIxR0pJVEVGUDZENC4u
Eligibility Criteria:
- Students must be registered in a graduate program at the time of the 5MT competition, and must have made some progress on their research and analysis. All graduate students completing research around mobility/mobility related implications are encouraged to participate.
- 5MT presentations must represent the primary research the student is conducting during the course of their graduate program.
Competitors must:
- be available for the awards ceremony and agree to be video-recorded and photographed
- The awards ceremony will take place on February 26th 2025 in GB202 @ 12:00pm.
- Allow those video-recordings and photographs to be made public.
- Submit their 5MT online via Mobility Network's form.
Rules:
- One PowerPoint slide with voice over is permitted.
- The slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration and remain in view for the duration of the oration.
- Presentations are limited to 5 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 5 minutes are disqualified.
- The presenter must be in view at some point in the presentation
- Presentations are to be spoken in standard oratory prose (i.e., no poems, raps or songs, other than those that may be the target of research).
- The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.
Awards:
- There will be 3 cash prizes:
- 1st place will receive $500
- 2nd place will receive $350
- 3rd place will receive $200