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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://coopervision.com/our-company/science-and-technology-awards
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Sponsor/Award: |
COOPERVISION - SEEDLING AWARD - 2016/2017 LETTER OF INTENT |
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Grant Amount: |
$100,000 |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: May 23, 2016
Sponsor's: May 30, 2016
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Subject Areas: |
Optometry |
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Description: |
The goal of the CooperVision Science and Technology (S&T) Award Program is to bring award recipients
and CooperVision together to explore new areas of technology advancement. To this end, these awards will bring the best ideas forward to enable the transition of concepts into real-world solutions. Proposed research should demonstrate significant potential for research discoveries and the rapid commercialization of technological advancements within the CooperVision key focus areas for the current year. The key focus area for FY2017 are:
Strategies to improve contact lens comfort; emphasis on devices and non-pharmaceutical approaches with novel modes of action (ocular or non-ocular) to retain, manage or enhance moisture at the ocular and/or lens surface
Insights into the retinal response from optical defocus
Technologies to expand the functionality of contact lenses as a wearable device for application beyond conventional vision correction |
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Application Details: |
CooperVision Seedling Awards are intended to incentivize collaborations with CooperVision in a new research area for a one year period. The award enables investigators to generate preliminary data that could be used toward a future CooperVision Translational Research Award. The maximum total cash amount for a CooperVision seedling is $100,000, including indirect costs.Applicants must submit a LOI before May 30, 2016. If the LOI is accepted, applicants will be notified and invited to submit a full proposal. Upon approval of the LOI, applicants may submit a full proposal. The complete proposal must be submitted by the deadline August 29, 2016
Applications are submitted via FluidReview.com available on the CooperVision website. |
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NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission. |
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Western Contacts: |
Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne
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Sponsor Contacts: |
STAWARD@COOPERVISION.COM
370 Woodcliff Drive, Suite 200
Fairport, New York, United States
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