I heard the guy who started these awards on the radio this afternoon.
They have categories like the noble prizes and are judged based "when you first hear what the person is doing, you laugh, then it makes you think".
Anyway, here is the web site - there are some quite funny things being done (especially in the world of science).
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html
see the list of past winners
Finally, he said a lot of previous winners don't realise that what they are doing is funny (until they win an award).
PS - hope this is posted in the right place - thought it was humour, till I saw you can't post links there
