It looks similar to the Methuselah Mouse Prize that used to be offered by the Methuselah Foundation. I don't know if those low prize amounts have really an effe

It looks similar to the Methuselah Mouse Prize that used to be offered by the Methuselah Foundation. I don't know if those low prize amounts have really an effect on research interest. They should rather set a prize over a million usd to generate additional interest from the research community, otherwise it's just beer money for researchers that are already deeply invested in the topic.