Federal grants to Opticent Inc

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Opticent Inc in Evanston, Illinois received $1.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 2 awards. Its largest program was Vision Research, with $1.7 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.7 million
Awards2
Awarded in FY 2025$0
Largest award$1.5 million

By year

Federal grants to Opticent Inc by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Awards	Amount
FY 2021	0	$0
FY 2022	1	$705,941
FY 2023	2	$1.0 million
FY 2024	0	$0
FY 2025	0	$0

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Opticent Inc

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
Program	Awards	Amount
Vision Research 93.867	2	$1.7 million

Awarding agencies

Agency	Awards	Amount
Department of Health and Human Services	2	$1.7 million

Largest awards

The 2 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
Award	Program	First action	Amount
Clinical optical coherence tomography for retinal metabolic imaging ASST_NON_R44EY026466_075 on USAspending	Vision Research	November 13, 2021	$1.5 million
Extraordinary dispersion engineering in enabling ultrafast swept source visiblelight optical coherence tomography - project summary this sbir phase 1 project focuses on developing, characterizing, and validating a new swept-source laser system to enable the next-generation clinical visible-light opt ASST_NON_R43EY034800_075 on USAspending	Vision Research	May 23, 2023	$253,012

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Opticent Inc get?

$1.7 million in 2 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Opticent Inc the most?

The Department of Health and Human Services, with $1.7 million in 2 awards.

What is Opticent Inc's largest federal grant?

$1.5 million under Vision Research, with its first action in the period on November 13, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

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