| System | Name | Institution | Citation |
| Tracker | Christophe Delaere | Louvain | major contributions to the tracker online software |
| Tracker | Stefano Mersi | CERN | decisive contributions to tracker testing and integration |
| ECAL | Paolo Meridiani | CERN | great contributions to ECAL software development |
| ECAL | Pasquale Musella | LIP | important contributions to ECAL DAQ |
| HCAL | Efe Yazgan | METU | crucial contributions to HCAL Global runs, Cruzet and Craft |
| HCAL | Kerem Cankocak | Iowa | major contributions to HF construction and commissioning |
| Muon | Phillip Killewald | Ohio State | decisive expertise on CSC hardware and software |
| Muon | Christina Fernandez Bedoya | CIEMAT, Madrid | critical contributions to the development of the DT read out system |
| Tridas | Karol Bunkowski | Warsaw | major contributions to the L1 RPC trigger system |
| Tridas | Robert Gomez-Reino | CERN | decisive contributions to the Detector Control System |
| Commissioning | Arno Heister | Boston | important contributions to the HCAL run control and first global runs |
| Commissioning | Kristian Hahn | MIT | decisive input for integration of the tracker into global running |
| Software, Computing | Maarten Thomas | Aachen | leadership in the CMS Monte Carlo production |
| Software, Computing | Benedikt Hegner | CERN | critical contributions to CMS software development |