ET Hunter Calls it Quits -- Search for Funding Instead"

“We’re spending between 12 and 16 hours a day looking at the Kepler planetary systems. That won’t change. What Gerry is trying to do is add new software clients that look for different kinds of patterns than we’ve been able to do,” Tarter said. Tarter plans to spend her time putting together a cadre of people who believe that “SETI is too important to fail.” She wants to establish an endowment that will cover SETI’s $2 million annual operating costs.