2022 AWARD FINALISTS

Outstanding Young Researcher 

• Grace Miller, Opinium

• Harry Gove, OnePoll

• Joyce Chuinkam, Talk Shoppe

• Maia Chang, Ferrara

Fearless Leader

Sponsored by: Zappi

• Dana DiGregorio, MESH Experience 

• Katrin Scheibert, Kadence International 

• Shelley Ahrens, The DRG

• Timothy Cornelius, QuestionPro

Nonprofit/Social Enterprise Research Project 

Sponsored by: MarketVision

• Curio Research, Cherri Christiansen and Qualitative Research Consultants Association

• Discover.ai 

• Lillian Labs and Boost Oregon

• Quantum Consumer Solutions and Adrian Hodges Advisory

Global Marketing Research Project 

          Sponsored by: Lovebrands

• Colgate Palmolive and EyeSee 

• G=mc2 and Harman

• Herbalife Nutrition 

• Shapiro+Raj 

Groundbreaking Research Project 

• Explorer Research and Coca-Cola 

• Firefish USA and McDonald's 

• PepsiCo and Kantar

• Firefish, The Numbers Lab and Pinterest

Health Care/Pharmaceutical Research Project 

• GemSeek and Philips 

• Myovant Sciences and ThinkNow

• Research Partnership (QoL among Cancer patients)

• Research Partnership (Communicating with Millennial GPs)

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B2B Research Project

• Neuro-Insight U.S. and Spotify 

• Premise 

• Shapiro+Raj 

• Tableau, Salesforce and NewtonX

Best Place to Work 

• Echo Market Research 

• Explorer Research 

• Full Circle Research 

• quantilope​

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Best Client-Side Team 

Sponsored by: Opinium

• Farmer's Fridge

• Lowell Group 

• Microsoft 

• WWE

Qualitative Research Impact 

• Magenta Research and ICAEW

• Opinium 

• Polaris and Gongos – Part of InSites Consulting 

• HearUSA and Gold Research Inc. 

Technology Impact 

Sponsored by: EyeSee

• Canvs AI

• DISQO 

• NewtonX

• Research Defender

Best New Product/Service Innovation 

• G=mc2

• Innovate MR

• Streetbees

• The Advertising Research Foundation and New York University - School of Professional Studies 

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Client/Supplier Collaboration 

• Clear M&C Saatchi and MARS Wrigley 

• Deep Blue Thinking and Checkatrade 

• L'Oreal and InSites Consulting 

• Microsoft and NewtonX

MR Supplier (revenue below $10 million)

• Adience 

• EyeSee

• MESH Experience 

• Perksy

MR Supplier (revenue at or above $10 million)

• Forsta 

• Hotspex

• Russell Research 

• Shapiro+Raj​

Researcher of the Year (end-client)

Sponsored by: Toluna

• Daniel Siddle, Molson Coors

• Kate Weymer, Microsoft 

• Lynzie Riebling, REVOLT TV

• Stephen Griffiths, Level 2 (UnitedHealth Group)

Researcher of the Year (supplier)

• Amanda Heer, The DRG

• Jon Puleston, Kantar Profiles 

• Lindsey Dickman, Escalent

• Steffen Schmidt, LINK

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Lifetime Achievement 

Sponsored by: Explorer Research

• Steven H. Cohen

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MREF Philanthropic

Company of the Year

• Burke Inc. 

MREF Everyday Hero 

Sponsored by: OvationMR

• Russell Budden, OnePoll