There are quite a lot of these contests, namely the various X PRIZE competitions: http://www.xprize.org/ http://www.xprize.org/ They aren't taking the IP and a

There are quite a lot of these contests, namely the various X PRIZE competitions: http://www.xprize.org/ http://www.xprize.org/ They aren't taking the IP and are also giving the cash as a pure incentive, meant to inspire new innovations in a certain sector.