UK closes nominations for Pro-Worker AI Adoption Prize, confirms judging panel
The UK government's Pro-Worker AI Adoption Prize has closed to nominations and confirmed its judging panel. The scheme rewards UK organisations deploying AI in ways that raise productivity, give workers new capabilities and create jobs. This short item sets out who is judging, what the prize sought, and what happens next for the three eventual winners.
- Nominations for the Pro-Worker AI Adoption Prize closed at 11:55pm on 7 October 2026 and are no longer accepted.
- The judging panel is chaired by Nobel laureate Professor Simon Johnson, with Milena Mondini and Mike Clancy.
- The panel will announce a shortlist before declaring three overall prize-winners.
- Business school professors will write case studies on the three winners, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- The guidance cites awareness of AI use cases as one of the top three barriers to UK AI adoption, alongside skills and trust.