Attention University of Illinois graduate students! You're engaged in fascinating, ground-breaking research. Your archival work, ethnographies, and textual analysis are transformative. You can analyze a data set like nobody's business. You design, choreograph, sculpt, compose, and create works that can change the world.
But can you get a general audience interested and excited about what you do in only 3 minutes?
That's the opportunity offered by Research Live! Now in its ninth year, Research Live! invites graduate students from all disciplines to celebrate their work and hone their presentation skills by giving a compelling 3-minute research talk.
So if you are a graduate student at Illinois, sign up for Research Live! and share your passion!
Check out videos from our past competitions on Media Space.
2025 Important Dates
February 23 at 11:59 p.m.: Preliminary Round Submission Deadline
April 8: Research Live! Finalist Showcase Event
Tuesday, April 8, 5:00 p.m.
Campus Instructional Facility
Awards
The finals judges will determine the winners for the following five prizes:
- Grand Prize: $500
- Design Award: $200
- Impact Award: $200
- Storyteller Award: $200
- Visionary Award: $200
Finalist Showcase audience members will vote for the People's Choice Award:
- People's Choice: $200
Read our Rules & Regulations for a complete description of the awards and judging criteria.