Enter the Civil Service AI & Data Challenge

Entry form

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Civil Service AI & Data Challenge. Whether you want to submit an idea or join a team, please complete the short form below.

All entrants require their line manager’s approval – so do secure that before submitting your application. Please see our information for line managers for a message from senior leaders explaining the benefits of supporting your staff to participate.

Before completing the form, do check out our About page – which provides an essential overview. You might also want to pick up some hints and tips via our Explainers page, or browse our Q&A page.

Good luck with your application!

Entry form 2026

About you
Name*
First Last
Job title*
Grade*
Other grade*
If you answered Other above, please enter your Grade here.
Parent department*
If you are not directly employed by a department, please select ‘Not applicable’ and state the name of your employer in the field below.
Employer organisation*
Profession*
Work telephone*
Work email address*
Nearest Town or City*
Line Manager’s name*
Line Manager’s job title*
Line Manager’s email address*
Your skills, experience and motivations*
Which of your skills, experiences and attributes do you think would prove most valuable in a data project development team? Please also include a sentence explaining why you wish to participate in the Civil Service AI & Data Challenge. The whole text should be no longer than 300 words.
Your idea
Do you have an idea you would like to submit?*
- Yes
- No
Idea title*
Describe your idea*
Please set out your idea here, in no more than 400 words. You may wish to highlight its potential to meet the judging criteria on the About page, and should provide some thoughts on:
- The problem your idea could address;
- The changes required to implement your idea;
- The key datasets and organisations whose participation would be required for implementation.
Please note that we do not expect you to have carried out research into your idea before submitting it; we will do some initial work to assess its viability and potential, generating a longlist of ideas to be taken forward by teams.
Development teams
Ideas are only likely to succeed within the programme if the individual proposing them joins the development team; and where people’s ideas do not make the longlist, we often invite them to join other project teams – so we would very much encourage you to join a team. However, if you are not able to join a development team, we will consider your idea and may take it forward or circulate it to relevant departments.
- While I wish to submit an idea, I do not wish to be involved in a team.
How did you hear about the AI and Data Challenge?
Please tell us how you heard about the AI and Data Challenge
Privacy & terms*
I have read the privacy statement and understand the Challenge is a collaboration between Cabinet Office, DCMS, GDS, Global Government Forum and NTT DATA UK - as such, your application data may be shared with each of those organisations. It will not be used for any purposes beyond the AI and Data Challenge.
- I understand and wish to take part in the Civil Service AI and Data Challenge.
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Enter the Civil Service AI & Data Challenge

Entry form

Entry form 2026

About you

Your idea