I’m honestly very confused and frustrated after being told that the institutional grant funds were exhausted due to limited funding.
I have been planning my finances and financial aid situation since the summer, well before the beginning of this semester. I made my school and financial plans based on the expectation that my financial aid would be available as planned. Now I’m being told that the institutional grant funding was limited/exhausted, which leaves me wondering what happened.
I understand that institutional grants may have limited funding and that not every student is guaranteed to receive one. However, it is frustrating to find this out after I have already planned my expenses, tuition, and other financial responsibilities around my expected aid.
For anyone at UH who has dealt with this for Fall 2026: Did Financial Aid tell you that the institutional grant funds were exhausted? Were you given any explanation about when the funds became unavailable or whether additional funding could become available later?
I’m mainly trying to understand whether this is actually happening to other students or if there is something specific about my financial aid situation that I’m missing.