The Board of Trustees issues a call for applications each year in November and publishes it on the websites of the Foundation, HTE and OPAKFI, in their printed journals, on the internet, and on notice boards at educational institutions. The competition is open to graduates (successful state-exam holders), primarily engineers and physicists, with a summary of their independent work, articles published in field-specific journals, or a new paper as the submission. Applicants may hold other degrees as well, but their activity must fall within the field of acoustics.
Submissions are evaluated by a review committee. The prize is awarded each year at the beginning of the year (during January or February) by the Foundation.