Yes, Dr. Leo Barnes Foundation is an independent organization which has its Board of Trustees to plan its own policies and activities.

The Foundation gives scholarships to the seafarer’s children, more specifically children of seamen who are the members of National Union of Seafarers of India and welfare activities pertaining to the families of seafarers.

The children, wife and seafarer themselves (If Unemployed) are entitled to avail of the scholarships.

The scholarships are available for degree and post graduate degree courses, and in very special cases for diplomas. After 12th standard. This award of scholarship will be considered case by case with first preference to those who had contributed to the corpus

Presently scholarships are given to the children of seamen irrespective of merit and those who pursue higher studies after their 12th standard.

Yes, Scholarships are given irrespective of whether the seafarer is working / retired or deceased who has/had a CDC and NUSI membership and more specifically those who have contributed to the corpus of Dr. Leo Barnes Felicitation/Foundation fund.

The scholarship awarded is dependent upon the courses and their fee structure. It could range from few hundreds to 15000 annually, depending on the funds available by way of interest on the corpus, earmarked in the budget of the foundation.

Applications are accepted only for the ongoing current academic year.

The applications are accepted throughout the year. They are processed once a year (March).

A check list is provided with each application form to submit the necessary documents with the application.

Applications are being processed and cheques are issued only twice in a year i.e. in the month of June and December.

Not necessarily, applications are sent to the applicant on receiving a request letter and the same can be sent back by post / courier, but for collecting the scholarship amount if the applicant finds it inconvenient to come down he/she can send an authority letter for the same and the cheque will be dispatched.

All correspondence related to scholarships should be addressed directly to the office of Dr. Leo Barnes Foundation and any correspondence sent to any other office will not be entertained. Dr. Leo Barnes Foundation is an independent unit and no tie up with any other organization.

No recommendations are entertained since scholarships are given after scrutiny to the bonafide students only. The sole worthy recommendation is the copy of the receipt towards donation to the corpus of Dr. Leo Barnes Foundation in addition, to being qualified by the scrutiny committee and the receipt of fee from the college/ university.

You can procure the brochure from the Foundation‘s administrative office at Bandra. To the Office Administrator, Dr. Leo Barnes Foundation, Samudraseema, 329, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Bandra west , Mumbai 400050.

Grant is also given to research on any sphere of seafarers. You must send the proposal and it will be scrutinized by experts and there after grant is sanctioned by the Board of Trustees.

Yes. But evaluated case by case.

Yes. We conduct free health camps and also we provide free psychological help if anyone is in need.