The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) was a federal program established during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic to help students and educational institutions that had been negatively impacted by the pandemic. There were three total disbursements of HEERF funds that went to colleges and higher education institutions. However, the last disbursement occurred in March of 2021 and there will be no future disbursements through this program. The money colleges and universities were given was to be partially allocated directly to students. While it is unlikely, it is possible that your school may still have some of the money from this federal program left for students facing difficult times.