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In discussions of applications received from persons, institutions or working groups to which a member of the FWF Board has a specific professional or personal relationship, that FWF Board member is not permitted to take part in the deliberations and is required to leave the meeting room for the duration of the relevant discussion. [...] The criteria for the selection of international reviewers as well as the rules regarding conflicts of interest and the composition of expert juries and boards are discussed in section 3 and section 4. [...] The FWF Executive Board decides whether a review procedure is to be initiated and appoints reviewers on the basis of the recommendations of the reporters and/or alternates. [...] Funding decisions The reporters responsible for the application present it to the FWF Board, taking into consid- eration the comment(s) of the respective alternates, the respective proposals and the key points of the reviews received. [...] In cases of bias, the relevant jury member(s) does (do) not participate in the discussion of the application in question; those members are required to leave the meeting room while the jury deliberates on the application.