| 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. | Virginia | Lam | University of Roehampton | United Kingdom | Excellence in Research | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Constance | Bwire | London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Savita | Ramkumar | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Isaa | Khan | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mrs. | Amy | Spalding | Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust | United Kingdom | Research Excellence 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 Award | 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 |
| Dr. | Ayisha | Bashir | Childrens Nebraska and University of Nebraska Medical center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |