SETI@home Budget - Fall 2008

Below is our budget to get through the next phase of operations. Over the past year we were able to get enough funds (both donations and grants) to tackle some of the projects noted in our previous budget, in conjunction with hardware donations from Intel and several generous individuals, as well as free offsite archival storage provided by HPSS. With these contributions we were able to continue maintainance and use of our multibeam data recorder installed at Arecibo Observatory, We also launched Astropulse and worked through the usual set of growing pains when software becomes available to the public. As always, more resources enable us to reach our goals faster. There is much work to do on all fronts, and as long as we have data to crunch, there will at least be operational expenses.

Project/Task	Subtotals	Total
SETI@home		166,200
Database normalization (in order to co-analyze multiple project data sets)	10,000
NTPCker development Candidate production code - $20000 Scoring - $10000 Presentation (web development for both internal/external purposes) - $10000	40,000
RFI rejection (algorithms, analysis, implementation)	20,000
Multiple frequency observing (requires client and backend modifications)	30,000
Continued radar blanking development	30,000
Client maintenance/development	30,000
Preparation for followup observations	6,200

Astropulse		60,000
Continued maintenance	10,000
Further development	20,000
Data analysis	30,000

Systems/Day-to-day operations		322,000
Internet bandwidth (monthly costs and improvements) General costs (same as last year)- $32000 Bring 1Gbit connection to the lab - $80000	112,000
Database administration and support	60,000
Systems administration and support	120,000
Server maintenance and performance monitoring	20,000
Web site development/maintenance	10,000

	Total:	$548,200