The competition covers the following thematic fields:

• public health issues in the context of drug addiction,
• drug policy,
• social policy in the context of drug addiction,
• drug use prevalence in selected groups: qualitative and quantitative studies,
• combining drugs and alcohol,
• attitudes towards drugs and drug addiction,
• social context of using psychoactive substances,
• psychosocial conditions of drug addiction,
• evaluation studies in counteracting drug addiction.

Detailed competition rules including the application procedure are posted and regularly updated on the CINN website.

The were five editions of the competition in the years 2011-2015.