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BlueDot Impact runs two rolling grant programs for individuals moving into full-time work on catastrophic risk from AI or biological threats.
Career Transition Grants generally start at 20,000 US dollars and reach up to 200,000 dollars, and fund a defined period of full-time transition work: producing research, policy work or technical contributions; building evidence of higher-level capability; testing an uncertain but potentially high-impact career path; or clearing a specific skill bottleneck.
Rapid Grants cap at 20,000 dollars and cover useful work or exploration on a shorter horizon, including living costs, for applicants whose request is smaller or less defined than a CTG. Both are assessed on a rolling basis with no deadline.
Four criteria govern the CTG: the applicant is ready to work full time on the transition, there is evidence of relevant ability or recent momentum, the applicant can articulate how the work connects to reducing catastrophic risk from AI or biological threats, and the funding would meaningfully change the transition's prospects.
The geographic restriction is specific and will disqualify otherwise strong candidates: BlueDot cannot fund people based in Russia, China or India. What distinguishes these grants from a fellowship is that they are unsupervised and location-independent within those constraints - there is no cohort, no host institution and no mentor, which suits people who already know what they want to work on and need runway rather than direction.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to individuals rather than organisations. Career Transition Grant applicants must be ready to spend a defined period working full time on a transition into impactful AI safety or biosecurity work, must show evidence of relevant ability or recent momentum, must be able to explain how the proposed work connects to reducing catastrophic risk from AI or biological threats, and must show that the funding would meaningfully improve the transition. Grants generally start at 20,000 US dollars and can reach up to 200,000 dollars. A separate Rapid Grants track caps at 20,000 dollars and supports shorter-term useful work or exploration, including living costs. Both tracks accept applications on a rolling basis with no deadline. BlueDot Impact cannot fund people based in Russia, China or India - this is an absolute restriction, not a preference. There is no requirement for institutional affiliation, host organisation or prior AI safety employment, and the grants do not come with a cohort, mentor or fixed location, so applicants should already have a clear self-directed plan. Verify current amounts and criteria at bluedot.org/grants before applying, as BlueDot has adjusted the bands between rounds. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows career Transition Grants generally start at 20,000 US dollars and run up to 200,000 dollars, which sets amount_min at 20,000 and amount_max at 200,000. A separate Rapid Grants track caps at 20,000 dollars and is designed for shorter-term work or smaller requests, including living costs - so the two programs meet at the 20,000 dollar line and an applicant should choose the track by duration and ambition rather than by amount. The unusual feature of the CTG is what it funds: the grant pays for a defined period of full-time personal transition work, meaning the deliverable is the applicant's own demonstrated capability rather than a research output owned by an institution. At the 200,000 dollar end this is effectively a year or more of self-directed runway, which is a scale of individual funding almost nothing else in the field offers. Both tracks are rolling, so there is no deadline cost to applying early with a smaller Rapid Grant and returning for a CTG once there is evidence of momentum - which is, in practice, the intended path through the two programs. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
BlueDot Impact Career Transition Grants and Rapid Grants for Full-Time Work on AI Safety is funded by BlueDot Impact. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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