The 2024 SLAC SLAM competition is scheduled for Sept. 5. Postdocs, research associates and staff at SLAC who received their PhDs no more than six years ago are eligible to compete.

Modeled after the Three Minute Thesis and Grad SLAM, the SLAC SLAM is a competition where contestants give a three-minute presentation, with only one slide, of their research to a live audience in a format that non-scientists can understand.

Contestants will be judged for scientific content and entertainment value – the more fun and excitement that are put into the talk, the better.

The first-, second- and third-place winners will receive small cash prizes and go on to the Bay Area Research SLAM on Oct. 3, where they’ll compete against peers from Lawrence Berkeley, Livermore and Sandia National Labs.

To get an idea of the event, see the highlights and watch the video from the 2023 Bay Area SLAM.

Interested in signing up?
If you are interested in participating, please sign up by July 26, 2024.

Visit the SLAC SLAM website for more information, and if you have any questions or are considering participating, please contact ocro@slac.stanford.edu.