| Dr. | MUHAMMAD | ZIA | College of staten island | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Brian | Kubiel | Toms River Board of Fire Commissioners District No. 1 | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Sanjeev | Kothare | Cohen Children's Medical Center | United States | | |
| Dr. | Muhammad | Saeed | PRX Research | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Tanyanika | Phillips | City of Hope | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Wendy | Seerup | Aurora University | United States | | |
| Dr. | Michael | Rothkopf | Rutgers/ NJMS | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Samantha | Harris | University of Arizona | United States | | |
| Prof. | Faye | Taxman | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | JOHN | DE FIGUEIREDO | Yale University School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Mr. | Joseph | Boston | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Hiranmoy | Das | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | United States | Lifetime Achievement Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Huiping | Liu | Northwestern University Feinberg | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | Manoj | Kumar | Pennsylvania State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Prof. | Richard | Peiser | Harvard Un | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Dr. | asmaa | abdelmaksoud | Ohio State University | United States | Best Scholar Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Sarah | Hughes | University of Michigan Medical School | United States | | |
| Dr. | Jihye | lee | Children's Hospital Los Angeles | United States | Best Researcher Award | cognitivescientist.org |
| Ms. | Jiang | Huo | UC Davis | United States | | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Eleni | Tseliou | University of Utah | United States | Research Excellence Award | cognitivescientist.org |