Latest News ABB Optical Group and Vision Sciences Partner on Optometry Student Challenge By Staff Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:15 AM CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.—Following the success of its inaugural University Education Challenge, ABB Optical Group, in partnership with Paragon Vision Sciences, announced a new program designed to support optometry students and foster the study of contact lenses. The Optometry Student Challenge will award travel grants of $1,500 each to three third-year students to attend the Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) and present a scientific poster in a topic related to contact lenses.Interested third-year students must register their intent to participate in the challenge by Aug. 31 at ABBConcise.com/OptometryStudentChallenge. Registered students must then submit an abstract on their proposed poster topic by Oct. 31. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Abstracts must focus on study projects or student-based case histories related to contact lenses and will be judged in two categories: case study report and research. Five finalists will be selected and notified by Nov. 15.Finalists will be required to convert their abstracts into scientific posters for further judging by Nov. 28. Judges will go on to select the top three by Friday, Dec. 2. The lead authors will be awarded travel grants of $1,500 each to attend the symposium and present their posters. Additionally, two runner-ups will receive honorable mention prizes of $250 each.