The Ed A. Felder Memorial Award is presented at the end of each spring semester to the most scholastically distinguished baccalaureate graduates in meteorology for the calendar year. These cash awards have been made since 1969-70 in memory of a former Texas A&M University student who distinguished himself in hydrometeorological studies in the state of Texas.

Undergraduate students who complete a semester schedule of at least 15 hours or a summer session schedule of at least 12 hours with no grade lower than C and with a grade point ratio of not less than 3.25 for the semester or for a summer session are designated Distinguished Students. Students who, under the same circumstances, achieve a grade point ratio of at least 3.75 are designated as members of the Dean's honor roll. Official notifications of the designations are issued to the student by the dean of the student's college.