CAM Pathfinder
Representative trial projects, designed to mature service models ahead of complete technology readiness.
An overview
The UK is at the forefront of Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM), with homegrown technologies driving smarter, safer, and more sustainable transport. From intelligent logistics to advanced public transport, UK innovators are shaping global standards and delivering real-world impact.
The CAM Pathfinder programme channels £150 million of investment to support the development and commercial rollout of CAM solutions—boosting innovation, jobs, and economic growth across the UK.
Enable funding grants prepare the supply chain for early commercial opportunities. Enable seeks to bring CAM closer to everyday use through enabling representative trial projects, designed to mature service models ahead of complete technology readiness.
Funding will target support for these projects in high-potential market areas, helping organisations to overcome known barriers to commercialisation. This early activity is key to building confidence, gathering data, and laying the groundwork for future large-scale integration.
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Lasts between eighteen and twenty four months.
To a level of maturity that transferrable, and actionable business cases can be defined
Starts by 1st June 2026 and ends by 31st May 2028.
Your project’s total eligible grant funding request must be between £2 million and £4 million.
About this competition
The aim of this competition is to support the UK Government’s ambition to advance CAM services in high value areas into commercial offerings. This will be achieved by funding trials led by service operators or entities who benefit directly from the end use of CAM in live or analogous settings.
The design of the trial services should be dictated by a ‘market pull’ rather than a ‘technology push’. Suitably mature technologies should be used in order to answer commercial operational business case requirements, rather than developing technologies during the project. Your proposal must outline a project for a live trial with real stakeholders, to demonstrate clear potential towards a commercial CAM service.
Your proposal must identify the type of service to be trialled, for example passenger services, freight, last-mile delivery, and identify key aspects of the deployment domain.
Your proposal must also clearly identify all key roles and responsibilities including, but not limited to: the Authorised Self Driving Entity (ASDE), the No-User-in-Charge Operator (NUiCO) and the land owner or body responsible for the operating domain. Where relevant, connectivity providers, maintenance organisations and other key organisations should be identified.
About this competition
trial suitably mature CAM technologies in a plausible commercial service, develop operational models and support business case definitions for a future CAM deployment at scale
· Use CAM technologies to advance commercial readiness to deploy CAM services in specifically defined locations in the UK
· Be led by the service operator or entity who will benefit directly from the end use (the service) of the CAM technology deployment; they must quantify these benefits as part of the business case analysis during the project
· Be conducting substantial trial operations to a level of maturity that actionable business cases can be defined for the service, a derivative of the service or for similar deployments elsewhere
· Have the aim to lead to larger scale deployment opportunities which will drive measurable economic benefit to the project lead and the UK Adaptation of CAM technologies are permitted to enable trials to be undertaken, such as route mapping, logistics on-site support and debugging.
Technology providers may build relationships with future operators to develop business cases, however core development of technologies is excluded from this competition.
If your project uses public roads or other public places it must follow the Department for Transport (DfT) Code of Practice: Automated Vehicle Trialling. If your project intendeds to pilot without a safety driver present, you must seek to comply with the associated requirements expected to be published during 2026. Terminology in your application must comply with the meanings as per BSI Flex 1890 v6.0: 2025-03 Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM), Vocabulary
Competition history
Learn more about projects that have already secured funding through the CAM Pathfinder programme through the link below.
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All grant-funding is subject to Ministerial and His Majesty’s Treasury approval and will be awarded in accordance with the Minimal Financial Assistance provision outlined in the Subsidy Control Act 2022.
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