That’s different. Scholarships are usually named. You might want to have your student reach out to the colleges where he or she was awarded merit scholarships to ask them for specifics. Particularly for endowed scholarships, providing a “thank you” is important (and sometimes required).
I can tell you that for UT Austin, non-need based merit scholarships for colleges/departments/honors programs have been going out since at least January. The big full-ride scholarships (Forty Acres & Dedman Distinguished Scholars) are already in their finalist stages (finalists just waiting to hear how they’re going to participate in the last selection stages remotely).