| Dr. | Fan | Zhang | Duke University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Meredith | Storey | PRME/UN Global Compact | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Lisa | Stolzenberg | Florida International University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Mark | Munger | University of Utah | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Kennedy | Schratz | Regis University | United States | | |
| Dr. | Elsa | Pittaras | STANFORD | United States | Women Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Dana | Born | Harvard University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Dana | Born | Harvard University | United States | | |
| 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. | Adonis | Sfera | Patton State Hospital and University of California Riverside | United States | | |
| 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. | Glenn | Islat | Unoversity of Arizona Tucson | United States | | |