SETI Institute
The purpose of the SETI Institute is to conduct scientific research and educational projects relevant to the nature, prevalence, and distribution of life in the universe. This mission encompasses over thirty externally funded projects in astronomy, planetary science, chemical evolution, the origin of life, biological evolution, cultural evolution, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). The Institute
Link: SETI Institute

Leonardo/Observatoire Leonardo des Arts et des Techno-Sciences (OLATS)
A non-profit society devoted to research and online publishing in the field of arts and techno-sciences. Its activities are organized around four main axes: special projects (Virtual Africa, the Space and the Arts Project, and the Cultural Groundings of Globalisation); the Pioneers & Pathbreakers Project, which proposes online documentation (monographs and notices) on the artists and thinkers of the 20th Century who have been pioneers in art practice and theory related to techno-sciences; the Essays, in which seminal texts and new analyses are being published or republished online; and the Highlights, which provide information and reviews on new media art, bibliographies, etc.

Leonardo/OLATS is the French-speaking branch of Leonardo/ISAST (International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology), and as such benefits from the experience and the knowledge of the journal Leonardo and its international network and community in the field of space art. Leonardo has been publishing articles by space artists since 1971.
Link: Leonardo/Observatoire Leonardo des Arts et des Techno-Sciences (OLATS)

Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST)
Leonardo began international publication of its print journal in 1968, and has continued to focus for more than 30 years on writings by artists who work with science- and technology-based art media. ISAST Press was founded in 1982 to further the aims of Leonardo by providing avenues of communication for artists working in contemporary media. Leonardo/ISAST continues this work through its print journals, book series, CD series, web journal, web sites and other activities.
Link: Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST)

Intl. Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Study Group
For over thirty years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) SETI Permanent Study Group and its forerunner, the IAA SETI Committee, have provided an international forum for discussion related to the scientific, technical, and societal dimensions of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Each year, the SETI Permanent Study Group organizes two sessions of paper presentations at the International Astronautical Congress. In conjunction with the SETI Institute, the SETI Permanent Study Group sponsored the first international workshop on interstellar message construction, held in Toulouse in 2001.
Link: Intl. Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Study Group