CooperVision, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for the 5th annual CooperVision Science and Technology (S&T) Awards Program, which fosters partnerships between award recipients and CooperVision scientists to explore new areas of advancement in contact lens technology, and enable the translation of concepts into real world solutions.
The key focus areas for the 2018 S&T Awards are:
- Research on visual fatigue associated with the use of digital devices, including characterization of ocular signs and symptoms, root cause, triggers, and individual susceptibility;
- Strategies to improve ocular surface and contact lens comfort, with an emphasis on novel devices, non-pharmaceutical therapies, and approaches/mechanisms for controlled delivery; and
- Technologies to expand the functionality of contact lenses for applications beyond conventional vision correction.
The S&T Awards Program is reportedly open to researchers around the globe, and it not limited to those currently working in the area of vision research. The program offers two types of awards — the CooperVision Seedling Award is intended to incentivize collaboration with CooperVision in a new research area for a one-year period, and the CooperVision Translational Research Award is a multi-year award for a substantive translational research project.
Interested applicants may submit a maximum of three letters of intent by May 26, 2017. Upon approval of a letter of intent, applicants must submit a full proposal by August 25, 2017. Click here to for more information on the application process.
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