| Dr | Wenkai | Hu | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Physics and Astronomy | Galaxy & Cosmolog | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Lilian | Makgoo | University of Limpopo | South Africa | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cancer genomics | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Montsheng | Letsoalo | Brain Matter Solutions | South Africa | Neuroscience | Psychology | Best Faculty Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Tshegofatso | Mogase | Sefako Makgatho Health Science University & University of Stirling | South Africa | Other | Human Nutrition: Child and maternal health | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Chandan | Saha | University of johannesburg | South Africa | Chemistry | Electrochemical Sensors | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hellen | Agumba | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Other | Education and Curriculum Studies | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Francis | Akpa-Inyang | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Health Professions | Public Health | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Rajour Jumfan | Fabchi | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Engineering | Mining | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Babalwa | Tyabashe-Phume | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Social Sciences | Disability Studies | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Asif | Tamboli | Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea | South Korea | Other | Plant Molecular Systematics/Plant molecular phylogenetics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yang Hwan | Ahn | Seoul national university of Science and Technology | South Korea | Physics and Astronomy | Particle physics/ Theoretical High-energy Physics/phenomenology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jewoo | Choi | Yonsei University | South Korea | Engineering | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sajid | Hasan | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | Chemistry | Computational Chemistry (Organic Synthesis) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Junsang | Cho | Sungshin Women's University | South Korea | Chemistry | Inorganic nanochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sohyeon | Bae | Korea Institute of Energy Technology | South Korea | Social Sciences | Higher Education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Malik Muhammad | Saad | MONET Lab, Kyungpook National University, Korea | South Korea | Computer Science | Vehicular Communications | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Jonghoek | Kim | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea | Engineering | Control engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jinyoung | Lee | Yonsei University | South Korea | Engineering | Neural speech enhancement | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Ha-Young | Lee | Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology | South Korea | Chemical Engineering | electrocatalysts for fuel cells | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Tae-Hoon | Choi | Korea Automotive Technology Institute | South Korea | Engineering | Electro-Optical Materials, Automotive Displays, Liquid Crystals, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Multifunctional Films | Best Researcher Award | |