Enter the Civil Service Data Challenge

Entry form

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

If you wish, you may save your application and return to it later – perhaps pasting in texts that you’ve written using another platform. Just click the ‘Save and Continue Later’ button at the foot of the page, and you’ll be sent an email enabling you to access your part-completed form at a later date. Don’t forget that the deadline for applications is Wednesday 1 November 2023.

It is important that your line manager is aware you are applying to the Challenge, and approves the time you will need to dedicate to the project. Please show them the information for line managers available on the site.

Good luck with your application!

Entry form 2023

About you
Name*
First Last
Job title*
Grade*
Other grade*
If you answered Other above, please enter your Grade here.
Department / 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 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
Shortlisted ideas are only likely to prove successful if the individual proposing the idea joins the development team. However, if you wish to submit an idea but are not able to join a development team, we will consider your idea and may take it forward or circulate it to relevant departments. In some cases, your idea may not make the shortlist but you’d still make a great team member.
- While I wish to submit an idea, I do not wish to be involve in the development team.
How did you hear about the Data Challenge?
Please tell us how you heard about the Data Challenge
Privacy & terms*
I have read the privacy statement and understand the Challenge is a collaboration between Cabinet Office, GDS, Global Government Forum, NTT DATA UK and the ONS - as such, your application data may be shared with each of those organisations. It will not be used for any purposes beyond the Data Challenge.
- I understand and wish to take part in the Civil Service Data Challenge.

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Enter the Civil Service Data Challenge

Entry form

Entry form 2023

About you

Your idea