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Description
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) will invest up to £25 million in partnership with Meridian Mobility and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. This is to develop CAV testing infrastructure for autonomous parking and autonomous driving on rural roads and highways.
The aim is to create the world’s most effective CAV testing ecosystem. This should be located in the defined geographical area, between the West Midlands and the South East as detailed in the competition scope.
CCAV expects to support up to 6 projects. Preference is given to projects that prove they can deliver operational facilities that complement or build on existing facilities within the UK CAV eco system.
Projects will be supported through investment aid for research infrastructures. This is a type of state aid that allows grant funding to support the construction or upgrade of research facilities.
If your project costs or duration fall outside of our scope, contact us before you apply.
To help establish the UK CAV development ecosystem rapidly, this competition is being run in parallel with Meridian 2: connected vehicles data exchange, which opens and closes on the same dates.
Funding type
Grant
Project size
Your total project costs must be between £1 million and £20 million, depending on which theme you concentrate on. Projects should start by March 2019 at the latest and be fully operational in 12 to 18 months.