SETI is perhaps one of the most important programs in which the everyday space enthusiast can participate. It provides us with the ability to contribute in the all-important effort to find other intelligent life in our universe which undoubtedly exists!!
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.