| Dr. | Virginia | Lam | University of Roehampton | United Kingdom | Excellence in Research | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Vratislav | Režo | Slovak Technical University | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Wang | Xi | Beijing Technology and Business University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Wangjun | Wu | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. Dr. | Wanli | Xie | Northwest University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Weiji | Wen | State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (GPMR), Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Wei | Jiang | Medical University of South Carolina | United States | Women Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Weiping | Qin | The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/James J. Peters VAMC | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Weiyun | Chen | School of Kinesiology at University of Michigan | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Wooi-Chen | Khoo | UCSI University | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Xavier | Altafaj | University of Barcelona | Spain | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Xiaodong | Xie | Minjiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Xiaoling | TAN | 中国农业科学院植物保护研究所 | China | Best Scholar Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Xiaoying | Li | University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Xiaoyu | Niu | West China Clinical Medical College, Sichuan University/Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/Department of Magnetic Resonance, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Xin | He | Institute of Daoism and Religious Culture, Sichuan University，Chengdu | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Xin | Su | Wuhan University | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Xinhong | Zhu | Pazhou Lab | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Xionghui | Zou | CATARC Automotive Test Center (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. | China | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Xiufang | Ren | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Interdisciplinary Innovation Prize | cognitivescientist.org |