The UK Seafood Fund: Infrastructure Scheme is a competitive scheme that can award a minimum of £250,000 and a maximum of £5 million. The Infrastructure Scheme is part of the UK Seafood Fund. with its first round of funding completed Defra are looking for EEA-based economists, social scientists, environmental scientists, and industry experts to assist in the evaluation of applications in its next round of funding. To be eligible, you must not have applied in round one of the Scheme, and you must declare any conflicts of interest.

Assessors will be remunerated and will only carry out assessments in their areas of expertise. Assessors must be available throughout July to carry out assessments.

Defra are asking potential assessors who have the knowledge to evaluate bids in any of the mentioned areas to register their interest here. Deadline: 30 June 2022.