Funny Nobel Prize

The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research, founded in 1991 and awarded at Harvard University's Sanders Theater. The Ig Nobel Prizes are not spoofs, although they do have a playful element; they are awarded only for scientific achievements that are "at first sight funny and then thought-provoking", and their judges include actual Nobel Prize winners.