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CooperVision continues to support scientists with awards program
CooperVision is offering the CooperVision Science and Technology Awards Program for a third consecutive year, the company recently announced in a press release.
The program is designed to bring award winners together with CooperVision scientists to advance contact lens technology.
According to the release, there are two elements to this year's program: "approaches to improve contact lens discomfort, including intervention and management strategies, and technologies to enhance the functionality of contact lenses beyond conventional vision correction."
The program offers two awards, the CooperVision Seedling Award and the CooperVision Translational Research Award, which differ in funding amount, time and ultimate goal.
“The CooperVision Science and Technology awards continue to bear fruit,” Arthur Back, chief technology officer for CooperVision, said in the release. “We have converted two of our seedling awardees from 2013-2014 into multi-year translational research awards. We encourage scientists and engineers from all fields to apply their competencies to our science and technology needs as we have found that many applicants have embarked on collaborations with CooperVision scientists outside of the awards program. That is an unseen opportunity for applicants to understand; that your ideas and talents might be supported by CooperVision through alternate funding mechanisms outside of the awards program as well.”