| Dr. | Parisa | Shamsesfandabadi | Allegheny Health Network | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Rebecca | Nunge | University of South Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Karin | Westlund | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. Dr. | Yun | Kang | Arizona State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Alaa | Abd-Elsayed | UW | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Elijah | Stommel | Dartmouth College | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Ines | Black | Duke University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Nathan | Wall | Loma Linda University | United States | Excellence in Research Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Forshing | Lui | California Northstate University, College of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Zihan | Liu | Villanova University | United States | Young Scientist Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Ben | Harkin | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mrs. | Bijetri | Biswas | University of Bristol, School of Engineering, maths and computer science. Buckingham New University,Bristol Medical School. Clinical Neuroscience. Southmead Hospital Bristol. North Bristol Trust and NeuroX | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Sohan | Jheeta | NoRCEL | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | David | Smith | NoRCEL | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Ben | Probyn | University hospitals plymouth NHS Trust | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Jeevitha | Gowda R | Alliance University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Gokhan | Yildirim | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Khalifa Aliyu | Ibrahim | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Randeni A. Adithi H. | Randeni | Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Mounir | Saleh | THE EdVisor | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |