The 2015 BEST participants are:
- Aisalkyn Botoeva, doctoral student in Sociology
- Akiko Hatakeyama, doctoral student in Computer Music and Multimedia
- Mariam Irshad, master’s student in Public Health
- Pierre Lucien, master’s student in Urban Education Policy
- Crystal Ngo, doctoral student in American Studies
- Arielle Nitenson, doctoral student in Neuroscience
- Dimple Patel, master’s student in Urban Education Policy
- Lauren Quattrochi, doctoral student in Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
- Michela Rozani, doctoral student in Italian Studies
- Jonathan Sozek, doctoral student in Religious Studies