The CARES Act was passed by Congress and signed by the President on March 27, 2020. The bill provided economic aid to the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) as the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). UMass Lowell was a recipient of the Student and Institutional Portions of the HEERF funding.

UMass Lowell HEERF Reporting Requirements

OPE has established reporting requirements for both the Student and Institutional Portions of funding. Those reporting requirements are available at:

Student Portion


Institutional Portion

Student and Institutional Portions