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5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition

 

1 Slide. 5 Minutes. Outstanding research! Cheer on UK undergraduate research students as they share their trailblazing research and compete for cash prizes in the 5-Minute Fast Track Competition. Who will advance to the finals?

2024 5 min fast track

The Office of Undergraduate Research will host its 6th annual 5-Minute Fast Track Research Presentation Competition this fall. The 5-Minute Fast Track is an academic competition that cultivates students’ presentation and research communication skills, and challenges them to describe their research within five minutes. This is a terrific opportunity for UK’s undergraduate students to learn these critical communication skills and represent the diversity of scholarly work at UK.

PRIZES

  • WIN (first place) will receive $750

  • PLACE (second place) will receive $500

  • SHOW (third place) will receive $250 

 

** NOTE: Only 20 student registrations available. Register early!



2024 5mt winners

2024 Overall Winners

1st Place: Julianne Sharpe

2nd Place: Nikitha Dharanipragada

3rd Place: Katie Christensen

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IMPORTANT DATES

5-MINUTE FAST TRACK REGISTRATION

  • Must have completed two full terms of faculty-mentored research in any major
  • Must be a Sophomore, Junior, or Senior

REGISTER NOW

Previous Winners

2021 5-Minute Fast Track Winners

2021 5-Minute Fast Track Winners

2020 5MT Winners

2020 5-Minute Fast Track Winners

Final Round Student Presentations.

2024 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 1st Place Winner - Julianne Sharpe

2024 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 2nd Place Winner - Nikitha Dharanipragada

2024 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 3rd Place Winner - Katie Christensen

2023 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 1st Place Winner - Abby Knoy

2023 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 2nd Place Winner - Jordan Colella

2023 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 3rd Place Winner - Ashbey Manning

2022 5-Minute Fast Track 1st Place Winner - Kayli Bolton

2022 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 2nd Place Winner - Tanner Durst

2022 5-Minute Fast Track Competition 3rd Place Winner - Patrick Bidros

2020 5-Minute Fast Track Finals

1st place: FRANCES SALISBURY – Biology major, junior | Research Area: Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease | Faculty Mentor: Bruce O’Hara (Biology)

Project Title: Effect of Sleep Fragmentation on Alzheimer Mice 

2nd place: MALIK APPLETON – Pre-Pharmacy major, senior | Research Area: Neuropharmacology | Faculty Mentor: Keith Pennypacker (Center for Advanced and Translational Stroke Science)

Project Title: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Regulates the Post Stroke Immune Cell Infiltration in Aged Male and Female Rats 

ROLLIE MILLS – Chemical Engineering major, senior | Research Area: Engineering, Water filtration| Faculty Mentor: Dibakar Bhattacharyya (Chemical Engineering)

Project Title: Novel Membrane Filtration for Removal of Emerging Water Pollutants 

1st place: CHRISTOPHER KOSITZKE 

2nd place: ALYSSA MERTKA

3rd place: NATALIE HAWES