Upon receipt of a nomination the candidate and the nominator (if applicable) receive an acknowledgement. The Delphi process stipulates that after three months the nominator and candidate must receive a “concept evaluation protocol” to which they are asked to attach either their agreement or rebuttal. The protocol contains the anonymous answers peer reviewers have given to the questions on the quality of the proposal. The whole documentation including the protocol and the motivation of the nomination are offered to a jury. The body is constituted by top professionals, selected internationally and covering the technological and scientific areas active at TUM. The jury then ranks the proposals blindly on the main criteria. The results of the jury ranking are then presented to the TUM-IAS Advisory Council, who decides on the awards, following the ranking of the jury and taking into account financial possibilities. The proposer and candidate will be informed of the final decision immediately after the meeting of the Advisory Council.