| Dr. | Tanmoy | Bhattacharya | Santa Fe Institute | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Di | Wu | Saint Louis University School of Medicine | 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 |
| Dr. | Ayisha | Bashir | Childrens Nebraska and University of Nebraska Medical center | United States | | |
| Prof. | Clement | Furlong | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Samuel | Ojo | Case Western Reserve University | United States | | |
| Dr. | Ricardo | Izurieta | California State University Dominguez Hills | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Patricia | Martínez-Álvarez | Teachers College, Columbia University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Sabrina | Islam | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Elton | Hollon | Ventura College | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | soroush | farsi | Paul foster school of medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Yuqi | Cui | St. Bernards Medical Center | United States | Best 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 |
| Prof. | sos | Agaian | College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Weiyun | Chen | School of Kinesiology at University of Michigan | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Sanjeev | Chawla | Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Mavis | Tsai | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |