The Institute can serve only a small percentage of Iowa's talented students. Therefore, students will be chosen through a highly selective, two-stage process. The first stage occurs locally, and the second stage occurs at The University of Iowa. A student can be nominated in only one area.
Schools are free to adopt any procedure in order to nominate students.
Final Selection Schools will forward their nominations to the Belin-Blank Center where the final selection of the 120 participants will be made. The final selection committee will consist of faculty and staff from The University of Iowa and experts from the community. There will be a separate selection committee for each of the seven courses.