COHORT-BASED COURSE
Biosecurity
Start building towards a pandemic-proof world. Understand efforts to prevent, detect and respond to pandemic threats. Identify where you can contribute. All in 30 hours.
COHORT-BASED COURSE
Biosecurity
Start building towards a pandemic-proof world. Understand efforts to prevent, detect and respond to pandemic threats. Identify where you can contribute. All in 30 hours.
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Who this course is for
Engineers and scientists who want to defend against pandemics.
Policy professionals who want to contribute to biosecurity policy.
Entrepreneurs who want to build new pandemic defences.
Don't fit these perfectly? Apply anyway. Some of our most impactful participants have included teachers, policymakers, engineers, and community leaders. We bet on drive and ambition, not CVs.
Apply nowHow this course will benefit you
Take action in less than 30 hours
Skip months of scattered reading. This course gives you a structured overview of efforts to prevent, detect and respond to pandemics. Understand what works, what fails, and where the gaps are.
Join a network of builders
We're building a community of people who are energised to take ambitious actions to build a pandemic-proof world, including starting new companies, policy entrepreneurship, and high-impact research bets. Completing this course will give you access to this community.
Get funded to accelerate your impact
From small grants to build your portfolio, up to £50k to launch new organisations. We'll do whatever it takes to accelerate your journey.
What happens after
This course is where you get oriented. What comes next depends on you.
How the course works
Options
Intensive (~6 days at ~5h/day) or part-time (~6 weeks at ~5h/week). Same content, different pace.
Commitment
Each day or week, you will:
Complete 2-3 hours of reading and writing, and join ~8 peers in a 2-hour Zoom meeting to discuss the content.
Facilitator
All discussions will be facilitated by a biosecurity expert.
Price
This course is freely available and operates on a "pay-what-you-want" model.
Schedule
"COVID-19 has been very severe … it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one."
Frequently Asked Questions
None. We'll help you build the foundation. The course is designed for serious thinkers from any background. We cover the biology you need as we go.
Same content, different pace. Intensive is ~6 days at ~5h/day, for people who can clear a week and want to move fast. Part-time is ~6 weeks at ~5h/week, for people fitting this around other commitments. Both end in the same place.
Yes. Funding is available to graduates of the course. See bluedot.org/programs for current grants and how to apply.
BlueDot is the leading talent accelerator for beneficial AI and societal resilience. We run cohort-based courses, help people land jobs, organise events around the world, and back people starting new organisations. Biosecurity is one of three programmes alongside AI safety and AI governance. We've trained thousands of people since 2022, and our biosecurity alumni now work on pandemic preparedness at organisations around the world.
