-
2016 Recipient: In-Ah Kim, a graduate student of Dr. Hye-Seong Lee at Ewha Womans University2015 Recipient: Shilpa Samant, a graduate student of Dr. Han-Seok Seo at University of Arkansas
- 2014 Recipient: Trina Lapis, a graduate student of Dr. Juyun Lim at Oregon State University; 2014 Runner-up: Katie Osdoba, a graduate student of Dr. Zata Vickers at the University of Minnesota
- 2013 Recipient: Yixun Xia, a graduate student of Professor Fang Zhong at Jiangnan University
- 2012 Recipient: Betina Piqueras-Fiszman, a graduate student of Dr. Charles Spence at Oxford University
- 2011 Recipient: Rune Haubo Bojesen Christensen, a graduate student of Per Bruun Brockhoff at the Technical University of Denmark
- 2010 Recipient: Brandon Turner, a graduate student of Dr. Trisha Van Zandt at Ohio State University
- 2009 Recipient: Catherine Lee, a graduate student of Dr. Zata Vickers at University of Minnesota
- 2008 Recipient: Michael Nestrud, a graduate student of Dr. Harry Lawless at Cornell University
- 2007 Recipient: Annette Fritsch, a graduate student of Dr. Thomas Shellhammer at Oregon State University
- 2006 Recipient: Jacob L. Thompson, a graduate student of Dr. MaryAnne Drake at North Carolina State University
- 2005 Recipient: Alyssa Bakke, a graduate student of Dr. Zata Vickers at the University of Minnesota
- 1999 Recipient: Benoît Rousseau, a graduate student of Dr. Michael O'Mahony at the University of California - Davis