| Dr | Stefano | Damiani | University of Pavia - Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences | Cognitive Neuropsychiatry | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Antonella | Casamassa | IRCCS Synlab SDN; S.p.A., Naples | Inflammatory Neurologic Diseases | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Charles | Wang | Loma Linda University | Addiction & Therapeutics | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Francesca | Bartolini | Columbia University | Neurodegeneration and Aging Disorders | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sharon | Stoll | Yale School of Medicine | Demyelinating disease | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Michael | Balas | Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto | Neuro-ophthalmology | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hidehisa | Saito | Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine | Neurophysiology | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Habtye | Endalamaw | Sao Paulo State University | Neuropsychiatry | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Christian | Steinhäuser | Universität Bonn, Institut für Zelluläre Neurowissenschaften | Neurophysiology | Germany | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Calixto | Machado | INN | Neurophysiology | Cuba | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hemant | Kumar | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana. | Epilepsy | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | shazia | khan | International Islamic University Islamabad | Neurological Disorders and Stroke | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Franklin Chu | Buh | University of Buea | Brain Injury | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manish | Oraon | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | Neurodegeneration and Aging Disorders | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | ALBERTO | DE VITTA | Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí | Others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Atish Kumar | Sahoo | Regional Plant Resource Centre | Neurodegeneration and Aging Disorders | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Issay | Kitabayashi | National Cancer Center | Brain Tumors | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sun | Qi | Zhejiang Normal University | Neuropsychology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jianrong | Tang | Baylor College of Medicine | Neurological Disorders and Stroke | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manuel | Martí-Vilar | Universitat de València | Addiction & Therapeutics | Spain | Best Researcher Award |