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5-Minute Fast Track: Preliminary Round 1

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 5MT Fast Track Competition - Preliminary Round #1 4PM - 6PM; Zoom live student presentations with Q&A from judges

5-Minute Fast Track: Competition Slide Deadline

October 10, 2020 - Final competition slide must be emailed to UGResearch@uky.edu by 11:59PM

5-Minute Fast Track: Registration Deadline

1 Slide. 5 Minutes. Outstanding research! 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. Exciting oral research competition that represents the diversity of scholarly work at UK and awards cash prizes.

5-Minute Fast Track Presentation & Slide Workshop

Learn from 2019 5-Minute Fast Track winner, Frannie Salisbury, and OUR ambassadors about creating powerful lightning talks and designing your competition slide

5-Minute Fast Track Competition Winners Crowned

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov 13, 2019) — Ten undergraduate student finalists recently competed in the final round of the 5-Minute Fast Track Research Oral Competition. The competition included two preliminary rounds, with the top five students from each preliminary round advancing to the final championship competition.

Register Today for 2nd Annual 5-Minute Fast Track Competition

Short and sweet wins the research competition — well in this case anyway. The registration window for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research's second annual 5-Minute Fast Track Competition is now open. 

Two UK Students Bring Home Gold Following Research Competitions

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2018) — Last week, University of Kentucky graduate and undergraduate students competed in the final rounds of the 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition and the 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT). While two final winners prevailed, research also came out ahead. Research is one of the foundations of the university — creating solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues. Research is also one of the great opportunities provided to students at UK.