.The MHEC Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to degree-seeking graduate and professional students. Applicants must be enrolled in programs in dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and veterinary medicine. They must be enrolled as a degree-seeking student in one of the following schools: University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Pharmacy, or Social Work; University of Baltimore School of Law; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, or certain Maryland institutions offering a master's degree in nursing or social work or a first professional degree in pharmacy. The scholarship may be received for eight semesters. To apply, applicants must complete and file the FAFSA; then contact the financial aid office of the institution they will attend and ask to be considered for a Graduate and Professional Scholarship. The institution also determines the deadline of the application. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.