Eligibility, Rules and Criteria
Eligibility
Doctoral Level
- Any active doctoral graduate students who have completed 50% or more of their program’s credits but will not graduate this Fall are eligible to participate in the competition.
Master's Level
- Any active master's graduate thesis students who have a committee-accepted research proposal and have completed at least a third of the program's credits and not graduating this Fall, are eligible to participate in the competition.
Rules
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A single, static, 16:9 aspect ratio, PowerPoint slide is permitted. No slide transitions, animations or ‘movement’ of any description are allowed. The slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration.
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No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
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No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.
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Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
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Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
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