| Prof. Dr. | BASSEM | SADEK | College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher 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. | Xiaoying | Li | University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Di | Wu | Saint Louis University School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Mavis | Tsai | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Mark | Myers | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | United States | Excellence in Research | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Arpana | Gupta | UCLA | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Elena | Zaretsky | Clark University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Ching-Yi | Lin | Cleveland Clinic | United States | Excellence in Research | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Tanmoy | Bhattacharya | Santa Fe Institute | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Nadia | Zikiou | Yale Univiversity | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Linda | Chao | UCSF/San Francisco VA Health Care System | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Brandon | Lucke-Wold | University of Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |