Student Design Challenge

We welcome undergraduate and graduate (Masters or PhD) students to participate in our to register for our 24-Hour Mozilla Data Collective: Design for Justice as a part of the Machine Learning Symposium on Justice in Education, Healthcare, and Public Policy!

We’re looking for bold ideas, creative implementations, and critical thinking around how AI/ML can help remove real barriers to access and participation in education, healthcare, and public policy. Whether you are a coder, theorist, designer, or thinker, this hackathon is about rethinking what “accuracy” and “equity” really mean when justice is the goal. 

Dates: Sept 24, 2026

How does it work?:

Student attendees will tackle socially-centered design challenges that can be addressed through technical and AI solutions that are powered by datasets featured on the MDC platform!

• All participants must sign up for the MDC platform!

• Create your teams of up to four (4) students.

• Must register & attend the Machine Learning Conference on Justice in Education, Healthcare, and Public Policy **All team members must be in-person for the hack and must attend conference activities.

• Finalize your teams and register for the Student Hack 4 Justice, which cannot change within one week of the conference (except for approved emergencies).

• Join us at the conference with your computer, water, blanket, and excitement! 

• Take 24 hours to ideate, build, and submit, food will be provided, swag will be distributed!

• Students will have an opportunity to build a prototype for their presentations and keep building on the MDC Platform!

• During the conference, the team will present their ideas. [If a team member cannot present, must contact organizers to inform at least 1 week in advance, unless due to an emergency]

• Winners will earn a scholarship, runners-up will earn prizes!

Bring your curiosity, your skills, and your commitment to justice! Let's Hack 4 Justice!