Researcher of the Year

(end-client)

 Finalists

• Michelle Gansle, Mars 

• Michelle Grushko, Twitter

• Ethan Lin, Mars Wrigley

Client-Side Team (department of 10 or more researchers) 

Finalists

• BT Group

• Cox Automotive

• Microsoft

Groundbreaking Research Project

Finalists

• Anheuser-Busch and InSites Consulting

• BT Consumer and Basis

• Catalyx

• SKIM

Best New Product/Service Innovation

Finalists

• Big Sofa Technologies

• Market Cube

• PPTX Builder

• Zappi and PepsiCo

Qualitative Research Impact

Finalists

• Catalyx

• Disney Channels Worldwide

• General Mills and Olson Zaltman

• Starbucks and Ipsos Sustainability Project Team

Researcher of the Year

(supplier)

Finalists

• Christopher Barnes, Escalent

• Maggie Kane, LBR Insight

• Allyson Wehn, MFour Mobile Research

Client-Side Team (department with less than 10 researchers)  

Finalists

• Liberty Mutual Insurance

• Progressive Insurance

• RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust

Health Care/

Pharmaceutical Research Project 

Finalists

• buzzback

• Catalyx

• Healthcare Research Worldwide and RealityMine

• InSites Consulting and GSK

Client/Supplier Collaboration

Finalists

• Bank of America and Escalent

• Decision Technology Ltd and BT Group

• Verizon and buzzback

• Zappi, PepsiCo, Mars, Colgate-Palmolive, Vodafone, Verizon, Reckitt Benckiser and McDonald’s

Outstanding Young Researcher

Finalists

• Iona Jackson, Big Sofa Technologies

• Maya Kantak, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products

• Gracie McKinstry-Smith, Target Corporation

• Allyson Sovinksky, MarketVision Research

Marketing Research Supplier

(2019 revenue at or above $10 million)

Finalists

• Fuel Cycle

• PRS IN VIVO

• PureSpectrum

• Zappi

Nonprofit/Social Enterprise Research Project

Finalists

• Bakamo

• Civis Analytics

• Southwark Council, Shared Intelligence and Analogue Strategies

• SURA and Inspiralab

B2B Research Project

Finalists

• BT Enterprise and Basis

• Feeling Mutual and 2Europe

• Illuminas and Cisco

• UPS and MMR LIVE Experience Design

Panel Company 

Finalists

• Kantar Profiles

• MedSurvey

• MFour Mobile Research

MREF Philanthropic 

Company of the Year 

2020 Award Winners

• Research Results

Marketing Research Supplier

(2019 revenue below $10 million)

Finalists

• Catalyx

• EyeSee

• FlexMR

• Sklar Wilton & Associates

Global Marketing Research Project 

Finalists

• Catalyx

• Kantar

• Opinium and Ancestry

• quantilope

Advertising Research Project

Finalists

• BAMM

• Kellogg's and Quester

• quantilope

• Twitter and EyeSee

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Technology Impact

Finalists

• Big Sofa Technologies

• Formula 1, Walnut Unlimited and RealityMine

• Measure Protocol

• Shell, Infotools and Incite Marketing

MREF Everyday Hero

2020 Award Winner

Sabina Ramdas, NextEra Energy