Building Trust in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (TrustCAV) is a program funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to attract, retain, and train Canada’s future leaders in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), as well as address the technological and societal challenges associated with CAV. It is offered through 5 Universities (i.e., Carleton University, the University of Waterloo, the University of Ottawa, Queen’s University, and the University of Windsor) and more than 10 industry partners (e.g., Blackberry, Nokia, Cohort Systems, Ericsson, Solana Networks, etc.). TrustCAV features up to 180 placements for students from undergraduate through PhD levels at different organizations.