The price money was supplemented to a total of 125,000 Mark by various institutions of the German Empire and the Prussian State.
[1] The initiative for this engine contest originated at his brother Prince Henry of Prussia, and Emperor Wilhelm II endowed the prize with his private money.
A newly formed independent institution, the Verein Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt e. V. (DVL) in Berlin-Adlershof, was tasked with conducting the engine trials.
The exact terms and regulations for the contest as well as the amount of the prize money were then published on 7 May 1912.
The price money and the prospect of lucrative government contracts attracted much interest.