Jeff Gordon.
Did you miss post 268????
I don't think they are "a group which has to beg for academic advisers." Where in the world do get that idea?
What are you trying to say, Jeff Gordon??
Truthfully, I am not sure what to make of this prize. My first impulse was to flip it off. Your persistence has lead me to looking into it a bit deeper.
It appears that the prize may be a genuine attempt to gain real knowledge about the origins of life.
I Googled the topic. It seems that almost all sites that refer to this prize are Creationism/ID sites. They seem to have taken the position that because the question is being asked, it cannot be answered.
I wish the organization well but I do not expect to see valid answers come forth in this century. I am sure that theistic origins of life crowd will have a lot of fun with prize in the mean time.