The award is given in the autumn of each year at the International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (the home town of Vautrin Lud) and decided upon by a five-person international jury.
Nagrada se dodjeljuje u jesen svake godine na Međunarodnom festivalu geografije u Saint-Dié-des-Vosgesu, Francuska (rodni grad Vautrina Luda), a odluku donosi peteročlano međunarodno vijeće.