I'm a 40 year old Canadian and I find it very exciting to participate in a program like this. I believe there is intelligent life out there and a great deal of it. Even if the project is never successful in achieving its ultimate goal, that belief will likely never change for me. Congradualtions to everyone here for being on board; you're a credit to humanity!
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.