Excellent facilitators are critical for us to deliver a high-quality experience to course participants, and ultimately get more top talent working on the world's most pressing issues.

## **Apply to facilitate a course**

Choose the course you'd like to facilitate and apply through the application form:

- **[AGI Strategy](https://web.miniextensions.com/9Kuya4AzFGWgayC3gQaX?prefill_[a]%20Role=Facilitator)**
- **[Biosecurity](https://web.miniextensions.com/aHs5xwcmFOE2nbMf0zaY?prefill_[a]%20Role=Facilitator)**
- **[Technical AI Safety](https://web.miniextensions.com/9YX1i46qewCv5m17v8rl?prefill_[a]%20Role=Facilitator)**
- **[Frontier AI Governance](https://web.miniextensions.com/BSUqN3WHmeL9MbzAj2P6?prefill_[a]%20Role=Facilitator)**

More courses coming soon. Check back regularly for updates.

If you've previously facilitated the course, you can quick apply to facilitate an upcoming round [here](https://bluedot.org/facilitator-applications).

## **What we look for in facilitators**

As a facilitator you will be identifying and developing the talent that will determine whether humanity successfully navigates AGI. This requires a rare combination of deep expertise, pedagogical excellence, and commitment to the mission.

### **Core Requirements**

**1. Deep Domain Expertise**

- Knowledge in AI safety/governance, Biosecurity that goes well beyond our curriculum
- Experience doing relevant things (research, fieldbuilding, governance)
- The ambition and ability to challenge and guide participants who may themselves become leaders in the field

**2. Discussion Leadership, Not Lecturing**

- Masters of the Socratic method — you ask penetrating questions, uncover insights, and inspire rather than deliver content
- Ability to foster productive debate and peer-to-peer learning
- Real-time adaptability to participant needs
- Creating intimate, high-engagement environments (6-10 person cohorts)

**3. Mission-Driven, Impact First**

- Understanding that this is about building and directing talent for a better future
- Seeing this as a high-leverage way to shape AI's trajectory
- Motivated by the fact that participants will go on to shape AI policy, lead safety research, or found new organizations

**4. Career Catalyst, Talent Scout**

- Ability to accelerate participants into opportunities beyond the course
- 1:1 mentorship, scouting for top talent, good taste

### **Strong Signals We Look For**

- Public writing on AI safety/governance or Biosecurity
- Experience at relevant organizations or fellowships
- Track record of mentoring or teaching complex topics
- Active in the AI safety or Biosecurity community with strong network
- Other people ask for your takes or recommendations
- Growth mindset — you're excited to further develop your skills with our support

### **What Doesn't Work**

- Sees this as "just facilitation" or low-effort passive income
- Prefers lecture-style teaching over discussion
- No direct experience in AI safety/governance
- Unable to challenge participants or push thinking forward

The right candidates see these positions as either:

- A way to multiply their existing impact (adjuncts)
- A complementary path to their research (fellow-researchers)
- A high-leverage, high-impact career move (dedicated educators)

## **Compensation**

We pay **$250 per session**, which works out to **$50/hour** for approximately 5 hours per session (3 hours preparation + 2 hours discussion).

If you are facilitating more than 1 group, we will pay $150 per session for every additional group, given the reduced time required to prepare for each session.

### **What counts as a session?**

A "session" includes both:

- **Preparation time** – reviewing materials, exercise responses and preparing activities
- **Discussion time** – the actual facilitated group discussion with participants

The AGI Strategy course runs for 5 sessions, while the Technical AI Safety and Biosecurity courses run for 6 sessions.

### **Additional compensation**

**1:1 mentoring**
We pay $50 per 1:1 mentoring call with standout participants, up to 4 per group. This covers preparation, the call itself, follow-up introductions, and a short post-call report. These calls are one of the highest-leverage things our facilitators do — they surface exceptional talent, deepen participants' connection to BlueDot's network, and feed directly into our talent pipeline. See our full policy [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kIjSG7dsAF6tM-3N3i_t2hEGBAmClNAdeb5pYuTU88Q/edit?usp=sharing). 

We sometimes disband or re-shuffle groups due to attendance. You may also volunteer to cover other facilitator's group discussions. In either of these cases, we will update your compensation accordingly.

### **Payment methods**

We can pay facilitators in countries supported by [Wise](https://wise.com/help/articles/2571942/what-countriesregions-can-i-send-to) or PayPal UK. This means we are unable to send payments to sanctioned countries.

## **Any other questions?**

We're really keen to hear from people interested in facilitating our courses. If you have any questions please contact [joshua@bluedot.org](mailto:joshua@bluedot.org) or reach out at [team@bluedot.org](mailto:team@bluedot.org)!


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