The Future Ocular Research Creativity Event (FORCE) is an annual competition in the field of contact lenses, pitching the very best students from colleges and universities all over Europe and beyond, against each other to become the CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year.
The competition aims to inspire students to strive for excellence in their studies and to encourage them to develop their professional knowledge base and contacts to benefit their future careers.
Southampton, United Kingdom, 4th November 2020 — Global contact lens manufacturer CooperVision has today launched the eighth cycle of the FORCE Student of the Year competition. This year promises to be the largest event yet with students from across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) invited to join the competition and ultimately compete in the…
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The winner takes it all!
- EMEA final package including travel and accommodation
- Complimentary trip to an international clinical conference, including travel and accommodation for the EMEA final FORCE winner
- The title of CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year
- Access to valuable contacts within the industry
- Opportunity to develop a professional knowledge base to benefit your future career.
The rules
The theme of the project must be in the field of contact lenses and anterior eye. Each university then selects a winner who will represent it at the FORCE National Final.
It is envisaged that the majority of students will enter FORCE in this category. Careful thought and planning should be given to the trial, as it is difficult to change once committed. Read more about the criteria that will be used to judge the clinical trial.
There is an opportunity for those students working in a hospital background to submit a case report. The case report should relate to a patient being treated by the student or his/her supervisor. The judging criteria are similar to those in the other category.
Contact
Contact your country’s CooperVision contact for further details and register your interest.
- Petra Zapsky Austria, Germany, Switzerland
- Katherine Teblick Netherlands, Belgium
- Tomas Dobrensky Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Caroline Bonneville France
- Gabriella Erdelyi Hungary
- Daniela Mitri Italy
- Lovisa Fagerland Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark
- Wojciech Kida Poland
- Sonia Devesa Spain, Portugal
- Pauline Bradford UK & Ireland
- Karl Aberdeen Rest of Europe, Middle East & Africa