| 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 | | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Konrad | Talbot | Loma Linda University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Camille | Blackman | University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago, IL | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Yoonhee | Kim | Stanford University School of Medicine | United States | | |
| Ms. | Adelaide | Lovett | Texas Christian University | United States | | |
| Mr. | UTPAL KANTI | DHAR | Florida Atlantic University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Joel | Cohen | AboutSkin Dermatology and Aesthetics, AboutSkin Research | United States | Outstanding Contribution Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Minu | Ponnamma Mohan | University at Buffalo | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Caroline | Kaufman | McLean Hospital | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Sarah | Leibowitz | The Rockefeller University | United States | Most Cited Article Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Huy | Dinh | Stanford University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Natalia | Schwien Scott | Harvard University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |