(CNN) -- Bill Gates is putting out a call to inventors, but he's not looking for software, or the latest high-tech gadget. This time he's in search of a better condom. 

On its Grand Challenges website, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 startup grant to the person who designs "the next generation condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure" and promotes "regular use." 

It may sound like the setup for a joke, but the goal is deadly serious. While researchers call condoms one of the best ways to stop the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, getting people to use them is another story. 

The foundation wants to see something that will lead men and women outside of a committed relationship to stop and think twice before having unprotected sex. The startup grant could lead to $1 million in further funding. 

"Male condoms are cheap, easy to manufacture, easy to distribute, and available globally, including in resource-poor settings, through numerous well-developed distribution channels," the foundation says. Nevertheless, many people are reluctant to use them because they complain that prophylactics interfere with pleasure and intimacy. This creates "a trade-off that many men find unacceptable," the foundation notes. 

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In some places and cultures, condom use is often seen as a sign that a man has AIDS, and many women won't sleep with such men. Female condoms are even more difficult to use and women are often afraid to suggest using them. 

"Any advance or new design that gets people to use condoms would be a big plus," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the world's leading AIDS researchers, said in an interview with CNN. He says great strides have been made in treating HIV infection in Africa, but for every person who is treated two more become newly infected.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who is on the prowl?
2. Who is trying to contact a group of people?
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Q2:
1. What is Bill Gates looking for inventors of?
2. What would Bill Gates like to see someone invent?
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Q3:
1. On what website did Bill Gates put up his call for inventors?
2. Where did Bill Gates post his search for a creator?
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Q4:
1. How much money is Bill Gates offering?
2. What is the sum at stake for an inventor?
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Q5:
1. Who is offering cash to inventors?
2. Who will give money to creators?
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Q6:
1. What kind of condom do Bill and Melinda Gates want?
2. What sort of condom are Bill and Melinda Gates looking for?
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Q7:
1. What is the function of condoms?
2. What purpose do condoms serve?
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Q8:
1. How much money is there in further funding for condom development?
2. What is the sum contained in further funding for making condoms?
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Q9:
1. Do condoms not cost a lot of money?
2. Are condoms financially easy to access?
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Q10:
1. Are condoms easy to manufacture?
2. Is it easy to make condoms?
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Q11:
1. Are condoms easy to distribute?
2. Is it no big deal to distribute condoms?
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