The new chairman will be appointed by the public appointments process, which includes a selection panel chaired by a public appointments assessor, co-ordinated by culture secretary Karen Bradley.
The eight sites will be studied until the next selection workshop in January 2017, when the number of candidates will be winnowed to four, says John Grant, a planetary scientist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and co-chair of the site selection process.
Selection process: Select the Classic or Vegetarian box.
"It is the sincere hope of Human Rights First and of the [award selection] jury that this award will afford Janvier some measure of protection, shine a spotlight on the important work that he is doing, and help engender additional support for an important cause," said attorney Daryl Libow, who chaired this year's Baldwin award selection process.
"The report that goes back to the banks will be signed by me," said Bowe, who was appointed to chair the new body after a selection process led by Bank of England governor Mark Carney.
I also made some slight changes to reflect that the SSRC reviews the proposals, not the papers, and to add the selection process for the co-chairs and other academics.
The university's chair-designate of council, Simon Fanshawe, who led the selection process, said: "Professor Farthing has a proven track record in leading and developing academic institutions, in partnership with others.
At that time, nobody had to stand during the selection process because there weren't enough chairs in the main hall, but that's no longer the case.
George Becerra, chair of the Minority Student Achievement Oversight Committee, took part in the superintendent selection process.
U.S. House science committee chair Lamar Smith's draft bill to change the National Science Foundation's (NSF) grant selection process to include more involvement from Congress received more pushback this week.
