CAM Pathfinder: Feasibility studies 2

Who can apply

Your project

Your project must:

• have a grant funding request of between £100,000 and £250,000

• last between six and nine months

• not start before 1 April 2026

• end by 31 March 2027

Any funded organisation must carry out their project work in the UK and must intend to exploit the project results in the UK.

Projects must always start on the first of the month, even if this is a non-working day. You must not start your project until your Grant Offer Letter has been approved by Innovate UK. Any delays within Project Setup may mean we need to delay your project start date.

You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs. For specific guidance, see the eligibility section in this competition.

Lead organisation

To lead a collaborative project your organisation must be one of the following:

• a UK registered business of any size

• a local authority

• a transport authority

To work alone your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

More information on the different types of organisation can be found in our Funding rules.

Academic institutions cannot lead or work alone.

If the lead organisation is a local authority or a transport authority, it must collaborate with at least one grant claiming business.

Project team

To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:

• business of any size

• academic institution

• charity

• not for profit

• public sector organisation

• research and technology organisation (RTO)

Each partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) by the lead to collaborate on a project. Once partners have accepted the invitation, they will be asked to login or to create an account in IFS. They are responsible for entering their own project costs and completing their Project Impact questions in the application.

Collaborations that do not meet the ‘effective collaboration’ criteria will remain eligible but will be treated as single applicants during the portfolio review.

To be considered as an effective collaboration, the lead and at least one other organisation must:

• apply for funding when entering their costs into the application.

• include rationale for the collaboration and describe the structure in your application

• ensure any one partner does not account for more than 70% of the total eligible costs

Effective collaborations consist of separate legal and non-linked entities. An effective collaboration between different organisations will only be considered to be valid if the following criteria apply between those organisations:

• there is a no common shareholder with more than 25% ownership in each of the collaborating businesses

• there is no common ‘person with significant control’ (as per Companies House definition) in each of the collaborating businesses

• a ‘person with significant control’ in one collaborating business has a share of no more than 25% ownership of another collaborating business

• a collaborating RTO has less than 50% ownership of a collaborating business

Non-funded partners

Your project can include organisations who do not claim any funding for their work on the project. Their costs will be covered from their own resources. These can include UK, EU and other non-UK organisations. Non-UK partners are permitted to carry out project work from within their home countries and exploit the results outside the UK. Where non-funded partners have been invited to the application on IFS, their costs will count towards the total eligible project costs.

Subcontractors

Subcontractors are allowed in this competition.

Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process.

You can use subcontractors from overseas but must make the case in your application as to why you cannot use subcontractors from the UK.

You must provide a detailed rationale, evidence of the potential UK contractors you approached and the reasons why they were unable to work with you. We will not accept a cheaper cost as a sufficient reason to use an overseas subcontractor.

All subcontractor costs must be justified and appropriate to the total project costs.

Number of applications

A business, or a local authority or transport authority can only lead on one application and cannot be included as a collaborator in any other applications.

If your organisation is not leading an application it can collaborate in up to two applications.

Sanctions

This competition will not fund you, or provide any financial benefit to any individual or entities directly or indirectly involved with you, which would expose Innovate UK or any direct or indirect beneficiary of funding from Innovate UK to UK Sanctions. For example, through any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any entity as lead, partner or subcontractor related to these countries, administrations and terrorist groups.

Use of animals in research and innovation

Innovate UK expects and supports the provision and safeguarding of welfare standards for animals used in research and innovation, according to best practice and up to date guidance.

Applicants must ensure that all of the proposed work within projects, both that in the UK and internationally, will comply with the UKRI guidance on the use of animals in research and innovation.

Any projects selected for funding which involve animals will be asked to provide additional information on welfare and ethical considerations, as well as compliance with any relevant legislation as part of the project start-up process. This information will be reviewed before an award is made.

Previous applications

You can use a previously submitted application to apply for this competition.

If you have previously submitted an application that reached our assessment stage, you can re-apply once more with the same proposal.

If there are minor differences to the proposal, but it is judged by us to be ‘not materially different’, the same rule applies.

We will not award you funding if you have:

• failed to exploit a previously funded project

• an overdue independent accountant’s report

• failed to comply with grant or award terms and conditions

Innovate UK may withhold a grant payment at any time if you have any outstanding sums due to us in relation to other projects.

Subsidy control (and State aid where applicable)

This competition provides funding in line with the Subsidy Control Act 2022. Further information about the Subsidy requirements can be found within the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk).

Innovate UK is unable to award organisations that are considered to be in financial difficulty. We will conduct financial viability and eligibility tests to confirm this is not the case following the application stage.

EU State aid rules now only apply in limited circumstances. See the Windsor Framework to check if these rules apply to your organisation.

In the ‘Project details’ section of your application you will be asked questions to indicate if State Aid or Subsidy applies to your organisation.

Further Information

If you are unsure about your obligations under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 or the State aid rules, you should take independent legal advice. We are unable to advise on individual eligibility or legal obligations.

You must not do anything which could cause a breach of Subsidy Control legislation applicable in the United Kingdom.

This aims to regulate any advantage granted by a public sector body which threatens to, or distorts competition in the United Kingdom or any other country or countries.

This award is classified as a Subsidy which does not form part of your Minimal Financial Assistance or De Minimis allowance.

Funding

A maximum of £1.5 million has been allocated to fund innovation projects in this competition. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. Funding will be in the form of a grant.

We reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions under exceptional circumstances, for example, in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations, or broader government funding decisions.

If your organisation’s work on the project is commercial or economic, your funding request must not exceed the limits below. These limits apply even if your organisation normally acts non-economically but for the purpose of this project will be undertaking commercial or economic activity.

The balance between your total eligible project costs and the amount of grant awarded must be funded by the organisation receiving the grant.

For feasibility studies, you can get funding for your eligible project costs of:

• up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation

• up to 60% if you are a medium sized organisation

• up to 50% if you are a large organisation

For more information on company sizes, please refer to the company accounts guidance.

If you are applying for an award funded under State aid Regulations, the definitions are set out in the European Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003.

Innovate UK may revoke our decision to provide funding without notice if government commitment for this initiative is withdrawn.

Research participation

The research organisations undertaking non-economic activity as part of the project can share up to 30% of the total eligible project costs if the project lead is a business, or up to 50% if the project lead is a local authority or transport authority.

If your consortium contains more than one research organisation undertaking non-economic activity, this maximum is shared between them. Of that percentage you can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to:

• 100% of your eligible project costs if you are an RTO, charity, not for profit organisation, public sector organisation or research organisation

• 80% of full economic costs (FEC) if you are a Je-S registered institution such as an academic

Eligibility criteria for claiming 80% of FEC funding

1. Research organisations using the Je-S system must submit their costs through the Je-S system which calculates the 80% FEC figure.

2. On IFS, only the 80% FEC output should be entered at 100% funding.

3. Applicants do not need to show the remaining 20% on the finance table.

To find out more see our: Cost Guidance for Academics.

Your proposal

The aim of this competition is to fund feasibility studies for early commercial Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) opportunities. Successful projects are expected to enable organisations to create business cases for deployment opportunities in high value areas.

Business cases must be sufficiently detailed to allow investment decisions or must highlight existing barriers which prevent this. Proposed deployments must operate commercially without safety drivers at a specified location in the UK.

Your project must:

• result in a detailed business case enabling a decision either to invest in the project, and therefore the UK, or show clearly the additional steps and measures required to allow the decision

• focus on opportunities that could operate commercially without safety drivers at a specified location in the UK, quantifying the job opportunities in the operation of the CAM service and productivity benefits to the economy

• evidence the impact, and potential opportunities, for the UK CAM supply chain and where appropriate highlight opportunities to exploit linkages to technology developers

• deliver a detailed closeout report to present at a closeout meeting with Zenzic to review the business case, its outcomes and next steps, prior to closure and payment of the final claim

• be led by an organisation looking to deploy a vehicle service into an operational environment, or led by an operator who will be operating and running the CAM service

• engage with necessary regulatory bodies to ensure both industry and regulators remain well informed

• engage with technology developers to ensure market readiness of the technologies to be deployed in the business case

• include in your closeout report, gaps in UK technology providers for the proposed service

Limited technology trials or development are permitted only to support the investigation toward the feasibility of the service or provide data to the business case, when it is not available through other means.

Terminology in your application must comply with the meanings detailed in the BSI Flex 1890 v6.0:2025-03 Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) – Vocabulary.

Portfolio approach

We want to fund a variety of projects across different sectors, markets, technological maturities, service types, geographies, deployment domains, vehicle types, technologies and types of project collaboration. We call this a portfolio approach.

Specific themes

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:

• off-highway vehicles and services without public access

• freight and logistics vehicles and services

• personal mobility vehicles and services

• public transport vehicles and services

• specialist service vehicles, for example, road sweepers, refuse trucks

Research categories

We will fund feasibility projects, as defined in the guidance on categories of research.

Projects we will not fund

We are not funding projects that are:

• producing a business case at a system or sub system level, which does not directly deliver a CAM enabled service

• technology feasibility studies

• industrial research or experimental development projects

• related to rail vehicles, air or waterborne craft

• using micro goods vehicles, indoor or pavement based robots or vehicles

• focussed on levels of automation of level 3 or lower, as defined by SAE J3016

We cannot fund projects that are:

• dependent on export performance, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it exports a certain quantity of bread to another country

• dependent on domestic inputs usage, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it uses 50% UK flour in their product

13 October 2025

Online briefing event: register to attend

Briefing slides will be available to download from Supporting Information after the event.

19 January 2026

Applicants notified

21 January 2026

Successful applicant briefing

1 April 2026

Project start from

Before you start

You must read the guidance on applying for a competition on the Innovation Funding Service before you start.

Before submitting, it is the lead applicant’s responsibility to make sure:

• that all the information provided in the application is correct

• your proposal meets the eligibility and scope criteria

• all sections of the application are marked as complete

• if collaborative, that all partners have completed all assigned sections and accepted the terms and conditions (T&Cs)

You can reopen your application once submitted, up until the competition deadline. You must resubmit the application before the competition deadline.

What we ask you

The application is split into four sections:

1. Project details.

2. Application questions.

3. Finances.

4. Project Impact.

Accessibility and Inclusion

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us.

You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance.

We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition’s closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline.

You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

1. Project details

This section provides background for your application and is not scored.

Application team

Decide which organisations will work with you on your project and invite people from those organisations to help complete the application.

Application details

Give your project’s title, start date and duration.

Project summary

Describe your project briefly and be clear about what makes it innovative. We use this section to assign the right experts to assess your application.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Public description

Describe your project in detail and in a way that you are happy to see published. Do not include any commercially sensitive information. If we award your project funding, we will publish this description. This can happen before you start your project.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Scope

Describe how your project fits the scope of the competition. If your project is not in scope, it will not be sent for assessment. We will tell you the reason why.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

2. Application questions

The assessors will score all your answers apart from questions 1 to 8. You will receive feedback for each scored question. Find out more about how our assessors assess and how we select applications for funding.

You must answer all questions.

You must not include any website addresses or links (URLs) in your answers. If you do, your application will be made ineligible.

Question 1. Applicant location (not scored)

You must state the name and full registered address of your organisation and any partners or subcontractors working on your project.

We are collecting this information to understand more about the geographical location of all applicants.

Your answer can be up to 100 words long.

Question 2. Animal testing (not scored)

Will your project involve any trials with animals or animal testing?

You must select one option:

• Yes

• No

We will only support innovation projects conducted to the highest standards of animal welfare.

Further information for proposals involving animal testing is available at the UKRI Good Research Hub and NC3R’s animal welfare guidance.

Question 3. Permits and licences (not scored)

Will you have the correct permits and licences in place to carry out your project?

We are unable to fund projects which do not have the correct permits or licences in place by your project start date.

You must select one option:

• Yes

• No

• In the process of being applied for

• Not applicable

Question 4. International collaboration (not scored)

Does your proposed work involve any international collaboration or engagement?

You must provide details of any expected international collaboration or engagement.

You must include a list of the names and the countries, any international project co-leads, project partners, visiting researchers, or other collaborators are based in.

You must also include details of any subcontractors or service providers.

If your proposed work does not involve international collaboration or engagement, your answer must confirm this.

Your answer can be up to 100 words long.

Question 5. Export licence (not scored)

You must indicate whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance.

You must select one option:

• Yes

• No

Question 6. Trusted Research and Innovation (not scored)

You must explain if your proposed project work relates to UKRI’s Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I) Principles, including:

• a list of any dual-use (both military and non-military) applications to your research

• a list of the areas where your project is relevant to one or more of the 17 areas of the UK National Security and Investment (NSI) Act

• whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance and the status of any applications

• a list of any items or substances on the UK Strategic Export Control List

If your proposed work does not relate to UKRI’s TR&I Principles, your answer must confirm this.

We may ask you to provide additional TR&I information at a later date, in line with UKRI TR&I Principles and funding terms and conditions.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Question 7. Short public description (not scored)

You must provide a shorter version of the public description in the project details section, with less detail, more focussed on marketing.

Your answer can be up to 100 words long.

Question 8. Business, scope and context (not scored)

What are your current organisations operations? How does the project align with the scope and objectives of the competition?

Explain:

• and provide background on the organisations involved to give us a good understanding of your current positioning, including any service operations you currently operate with or without autonomy

• and list any prior grant funding work or relevant commercial work you or your consortium members have done related to this application and proposed service; if the work was grant funded, state the amount of funding you have received

• and highlight the key learnings, successes and exploitations from any previous related projects or operations

• how your project aligns with the scope and objectives of this competition

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Question 9. Problem, opportunity and market potential

What mobility challenge or gap are you addressing, and what is the size and timing of the opportunity which this business case can unlock?

Describe and:

• quantify the problem, who is being affected and its impact on the market or society

• quantify why solving this problem is commercially and strategically valuable for the UK, and quantify the economic uplift potential or cost savings enabled by solving this problem

• quantify the market size and growth potential for your proposed service, including both the stated location and any expansion opportunities

• explain the scale of the public or private investment opportunity this business case could unlock by the organisations involved and why it is attractive

Your answer can be up to 500 words long.

You can submit one appendix for this question. It can include evidence and working ideas of your market size and growth calculations, data sources, and supporting visuals. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. . It can be up to one A4 page and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 10. Proposed CAM service, value proposition and location context

What CAM service or solution are you proposing, and why is this the right service in the right location?

Explain:

• the unique value proposition of your proposed service and what differentiates it, considering both current and future service operations, for example, technical partnerships, saleability and competitive advantages

• and provide evidence of customer need or demand for this service, the maturity of that evidence and why this is the right time to develop this business case, for example, user studies, stakeholder commitments, contract heads of terms

• why the chosen location strengthens your business case, for example, demand, infrastructure and partnerships

• and describe how the location aligns with current or upcoming legislation, on-road against off-road readiness

• why your offering and platform choice is sized appropriately to meet demand if your proposal replaces an existing operation or service

Your answer can be up to 500 words long.

You can submit one appendix for this question. It must include evidence of customer demand such as, user research insights, letters of intent, stakeholder commitments and, or images or diagrams to justify the location context. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 page and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 11. Readiness, stakeholders and regulatory compliance

How ready is your current business case? Identify areas where you have complete knowledge and what gaps your feasibility study will address to get to an investment ready decision point?

Identify:

• the key stakeholders critical to delivering the proposed CAM service, for example, operators, insurers, vehicle providers or landowners, and describe the maturity of your relationships with them including who is committed against those still being engaged

• and clearly state your understanding and proposal of roles and responsibilities of the intended operation aligning with Automated Vehicles Act 2024 definitions where necessary, for example, Authorised Self Driving Entity (ASDE) and No-User-in-Charge Operator (NUiCO)

• your approach to safety case development, data security and cyber security and across the stakeholders

Your answer can be up to 500 words long.

You can submit one appendix, to support your answer. It can include diagrams and charts. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 pages and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 12. Feasibility study plan, business case development and gateway

What will your feasibility study deliver, and how will you know if it is successful?

Explain:

• and outline the objectives, scope, and timing plan for your feasibility study, define the gateway’s required in your plan for success and state the work packages, with the cost of each

• and clearly state the outputs from this feasibility study and the expected maturity levels, for example, cost accuracy expectation, and how this relates to the level and type of investment you need to unlock

• in detail the process for getting to an investment ready position, who will the outputs of the business case be presented to and when will a decision be expected to be made

Your answer can be up to 500 words long.

You must submit a project plan or Gantt chart as an appendix to support your answer. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 pages and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 13. Commercialisation roadmap and key performance indicators (KPIs)

What happens after the feasibility study, and how will you measure progress?

Explain:

• your plan for progressing toward deployment and securing further investment to realise the business case, indicate the timeframes associated with doing so, how you will approach this and any investment or revenue sharing partnerships between operating partners

• and identify the KPIs you will track to demonstrate readiness for next steps throughout your project and what will define an investable business case; the KPI’s must consider deployment readiness and investor confidence

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Question 14. Team and capability

Who is in your team and how will you fill any gaps?

Describe or explain:

• the level of senior buy in for the project and your authority to proceed internally as a consortium and as individual organisations

• the skills and experience of your team relevant to this project

• how you will address any capability gaps during or after the study

• and evidence why the team has the resource capacity to undertake this study, highlighting any recruitment or contracting required to complete the work

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Question 15. Finance and risk

How will you manage finances and risks during the study?

Explain:

• how you will ensure financial resilience within your organisation or consortia, including addressing cashflow restrictions and major spend items

• and identify the key risks to delivering an investment ready business case and how you will manage and mitigate them, consider a wide range of risks; technical, commercial, legal or environmental

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

You must submit a risk register as an appendix to support your answer. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 pages and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 16. Impact

What impact will your proposal have on the UK economy and society?

Explain:

• and quantify the potential for UK jobs, both direct and indirect operational roles, and anchoring innovation centres of excellence or manufacturing resulting from your proposal

• any other wider benefits such as CO₂ reduction and economic growth, for example, productivity, competitiveness and UK supply chain development opportunities

• and highlight any areas where there may be opportunities for UK capability building but highlight where aspects of the operation and service are coming from overseas

Your answer can be up to 500 words long.

You can submit one appendix, to support your answer. It can include further evidence and working ideas behind your calculations to the response in this question. It can include diagrams and charts. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 pages and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Question 17. Costs and value for money

How do your costs represent value for money?

Justify:

• and explain the overall costs of your feasibility study including any subcontractor costs and overseas spend

• why you need the funding and what would happen to this project in the absence of funding

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

3. Finances

Each organisation in your project must complete their own project costs, organisation details and funding details in the application. Academic institutions must complete and upload a Je-S form.

For an overview on what costs you can claim, see our project costs guidance. Note this is general guidance, for specific guidance please see the eligibility section in this competition. You can also view our application finances video.

4. Project Impact

This section is not scored but will provide background to your project.

Each partner must complete the Project Impact questions before being able to submit the application.

More information can be found in our Project Impact guidance and by viewing our Impact Management Framework video.

Innovate UK complies with the requirements of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and is committed to upholding data protection legislation, and protecting your information in accordance with data protection principles.

Assessment

Your application will be reviewed by five independent assessors based on the content of your application and their skills or expertise relevant to your project. All of the scores awarded will count towards the total score used to make the funding decision unless you are notified otherwise.

You can find out more about our assessment process in the General Guidance.

Background and further information

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV)

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) is a joint policy unit established in 2015 between the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Transport.

CCAV is an expert unit that is shaping the safe and secure emergence of connected and self driving vehicles. This makes the UK the best place in the world to develop and deploy the technology while ensuring that all areas of society can benefit from its potentially transformative effects.

We have made good progress to date, leading on a clear regulatory pathway, joint investment in R&D and an integrated testbed ecosystem. We shall continue by working on the following themes:

• ensuring safety and security

• securing the industrial and economic benefits

• making connected and automated mobility work for society

Zenzic

Zenzic-UK Limited (Ltd) has been established by government and industry to support the integration and coordination of the UK CAM ecosystem. It builds on the successful creation of CAM Testbed UK, facilitating early commercial deployments and a strong UK CAM supply chain.

Zenzic supports the wider CAM ecosystem through a programme of insights, innovation and collaboration.

These CCAV competitions are formally delivered in partnership between Zenzic, Innovate UK and the CCAV.

Zenzic will:

• work with consortia to support bid development

• support the competition process, including both launch and guidance events

• act as advocates for consortia to improve future competitions

• support project delivery once contracts are awarded, through Zenzic staff

• act as a source of guidance for consortia during the critical project start-up phase, and while projects are running, through Zenzic appointed Project Delivery Leads (PDLs)

• monitor the impact of the project portfolio

Zenzic can help by:

• providing general guidance regarding interpretation of competition rules, scope and guidelines on an informal basis

• helping your consortium to structure the bid development process

• explaining common pitfalls

Zenzic is committed to supporting the success of CCAV funded projects.

Zenzic-UK Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Ltd (APC).

Briefing recording and slides

Briefing recording and slides will be available to download here after the briefing event.

What happens if you receive a grant offer

If you have passed your initial assessment and have received an email with a grant offer, you will be asked to complete the project set up process on the Innovation Funding Service (IFS).

We will ask for information that will allow us to undertake mandatory checks on your organisation and the eligibility of your costs, as well as review the documentation for your project.

You must follow the unique link embedded in your email notification. This takes you to your project's dedicated IFS Set Up portal, where we gather the information required to set up your project.

Watch our videos on what steps there are before a project starts and how successful applicants receive their funding or read more about Project Setup in our General guidance.

If your application is unsuccessful

If you are unsuccessful with your application this time, you can view feedback from the assessors. This will be available to you on your IFS portal following notification.

Sometimes your application will have scored well, and you will receive positive comments from the assessors. You may be unsuccessful as your average score was not above the funding threshold or your project has not been selected under the portfolio approach if this is applied for this competition.

We would like to remind you that eligible non-funded business can still benefit from fully funded and bespoke support from the Innovate UK Business Growth service.

Find a project partner

If you want help to find a project partner, contact Innovate UK Business Connect.

Support for SMEs from Innovate UK Business Growth service

Innovate UK Business Growth helps innovation focused businesses make the best strategic choices and access the right resources, in order to grow and ultimately achieve scale.

Our innovation and growth specialists provide our fully funded and bespoke support to clients nationwide. Visit the service’s website to discover whether you could benefit from this advisory support, which is available to Innovate UK funded and non-funded businesses alike.

Protecting your innovation

A Secure Innovation campaign has been developed to help founders and leaders of innovative startups protect their technology, competitive advantage, and reputation.

This was developed by UK’s National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

Data sharing

This competition is jointly operated by Innovate UK, Zenzic, Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) (each an ‘agency’).

Any relevant information submitted and produced during the application process concerning your application can be shared by one agency with the other, for its individual storage, processing and use.

This means that any information given to or generated by Innovate UK in respect of your application may be passed on to Zenzic, APC and CCAV and vice versa. This would include, but is not restricted to:

• the information stated on the application, including the personal details of all applicants

• scoring and feedback on the application

• information received during the management and administration of the grant, such as Monitoring Service Provider reports and Independent Accountant Reports

Innovate UK may also share any relevant information submitted and produced during the application process concerning your application with Innovate UK’s national and regional UK third parties and partners who may contact you. For more information see how we handle grant applicant and grant holder data.

Innovate UK, Zenzic, APC and CCAV are directly accountable to you for their holding and processing of your information, including any personal data and confidential information. Data is held in accordance with their own policies. Accordingly, Innovate UK, Innovate UK Business Connect, Zenzic, APC and CCAV will be data controllers for personal data submitted during the application.

Innovate UK’s Privacy Policy

Innovate UK Business Connect Privacy Policy

Zenzic’s Privacy Policy

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK’s (APC) Privacy Policy

CCAV - Department for Business and Trade Personal information Charter

Innovate UK complies with the requirements of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and is committed to upholding data protection legislation, and protecting your information in accordance with data protection principles.

The Information Commissioner’s Office also has a useful guide for organisations, which outlines the data protection principles.

Contact us

If you need more information about how to apply or you want to submit your application in Welsh, email support@iuk.ukri.org or call 0300 321 4357.

Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

Innovate UK or any of our partners will not tolerate abusive language in any written or verbal correspondence, applications, social media or any other form that might affect staff.