 After 1999 VDW tried to regain public interest with the establishment of the Whistleblower Prize, awarded together with the German branch of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms ILANA.FAZ's Joachim Müller-Jung saw it among a series of Gesinnungstrophäen and Goodwillprämien (trophies and premias for a certain opinion and do-gooding), but stated a lack of interest in serious scientific work in various awards provided by the VDW.The Whistleblower Prize worth 3,000 euro, is given biannually and was established in 1999.