The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) awarded a $120,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) for a three-year membership in the Iowa State Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE). This non-competitive contract supports the NRC's nondestructive examination/evaluation (NDE) research programs by providing the agency access to CNDE's cutting-edge NDE research, data, and expertise, as well as a pipeline of students trained in NDE. Iowa State University is a public land-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa that provides a range of research, education, and outreach services through federal contracts and grants. This award was not set-aside for any particular business category.