I've had a life-long interest in all things "Space," and the search for ET is just a part of the big picture. I'm certain that there is life elsewhere, and reasonably certain that there is even intelligent life out there, somewhere. Whether or not we'll find them is another matter -- but at least we are looking.
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.