| Prof. Dr | Jørgen | Slots | University of Southern California | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | William | Mills III | University of Virginia | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Marco | Palma | Texas A&M University | United States | Pioneering Neuroscientist Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Siamak | Sorooshyari | Stanford | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Edythe | London | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Distinguished Scientist Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Watit | Sontising | Icahn school of medicine at mount sinai | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | David | Cooper | massachusetts General Hospital | United States | Best Extension Activity Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Becky | Riggs | OHSU; Doernbecher Children's Hospital | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Richard | Taylor | University of Oregon | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Ms | Karen | Kikuta | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Irene | Litvan | University of California San Diego | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Mr | Nasar | Ata | Henry Ford Health System | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Ricardo | Osorio | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Li-Ru | Zhao | SUNY Upstate Medical University | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Kareem | Al-Khalil | University of Wisconsin - Madison | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Mrs | Paula | Abola | University of Jamestown | United States | Neuroscience Academic Distinction Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Jane | Paulsen | University of Wisconsin Madison | United States | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Dr | Hengrui | Liu | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Prof | Handrean | Soran | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |
| Mr | Abdullah | Alghamdi | University of Birmingham (UK) and Taibah University (Saudi Arabia) | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | neuroscientists.net |