Where can I go to get funding for the invention of the century, without giving up my ownership rights?

Question

Ok, so it's my dad; not me. He's a Ph.D. who already has three dozen patents under his belt for miscellaneous things, but always for whomever his employer was at the time. Well, no joke, he has now independently created a technology that creates energy through the REMOVAL of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; the technology creates enough energy to have paid for itself in three years. I'm not at liberty to discuss further details.

Anyway, he's looking for a grant to develop his idea. He doesn't want investors for lots of reasons. Where can someone go for something like this?

Answer 1

WOW... another inventor who is working of using METHANE to burn in power plants... WONDERFUL... I wish him well.

Answer 2

*cough* so you are asking for advice that could potentially effect humanity and the future of mankind on yahoo! answers...

im suddenly feeling alot of pressure...

*faints*

Answer 3

Try Grants.gov. While the gov't is a royal PIA to work with and take what seems like a lifetime to respond, it is a source of funding without investors. Good luck

Answer 4

Go to a patent lawyer.