ABB Optical Group announced that the company’s 11th Annual Optometry Student Challenge is now open for registration for third- and fourth-year optometry students. Participants will be required to submit an abstract on a student-based case report or research study project for a chance to win a $1,500 travel grant to attend the 2026 Global Specialty Lens Symposium.
Optometry students must register to participate in the challenge by August 31, 2025, at abboptical.com/OptometryStudentChallenge and will have until October 14 to submit their abstract on a topic restricted to contact lenses and may include, but not limited to, contact lens applications for presbyopia, keratoconus, corneal topography, post-penetrating keratoplasty, or related irregular corneal surface, myopia control, lens care/solutions, custom soft lenses, ortho-k instrumentation for measurement of the ocular surface and sports/performance vision. Based on the judge's decision, 6 abstracts will be selected, and all finalists will be notified by October 20, 2025.
Authors of the top 6 abstracts selected will be asked to convert each of their submissions into the required poster PDF format and must submit their posters by November 27, 2025. The 6 finalists will be presenting their posters live via a virtual meeting on December 11, 2025.