The Wikipedia Search Design Contest, run by search engine Greplin, aims to revamp Wikipedia for easier searching and better results. Daniel Gross, the founder of Greplin, told TechCrunch that there’s nothing particularly wrong with Wikipedia, but “that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be infinitely better. The deadline is August 18th, and the prizes include advertising of the winner’s Twitter handle and a trip to see Edward Tufte speak.

Greplin is a search start-up company that has raised $4 million from Sequoia Capital. Sequoia partner Greg McAdoo has joined the Greplin board of directors. Peter Chane of Google also participated in this round of funding. Greplin indexes and lets you search social content through Gmail, Twitter, and Facebook. [TechCrunch]