This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research federal grant program (CFDA 12.300), funds research by the University of Colorado on a "Liquid Droplet Optical Resonator Hydrophone". The award provides funding from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2028 for the university to conduct fundamental and applied research in this area, which has potential applications for naval operations and national defense. As a prominent research university, the University of Colorado has a robust portfolio of federal contract and grant awards across various scientific and technological domains, collaborating with numerous academic and research institutions on projects of strategic importance to federal agencies.