| Dr | Andre | Nogueira | Design Laboratory at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health | United States | Other | Design/Public Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Michael | Dzordzormenyoh | Oklahoma State University | United States | Social Sciences | Political Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Suresh | Sharma | Youngstown State University | United States | Engineering | Water Resources | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yan | Zhang | Harvard University | United States | Social Sciences | Anthropology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Federico | Bueno | Louisiana State University | United States | Other | Food Science and Technology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Shahyad | Sabet | Self Employed | United States | Psychology | Clinical Psychology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Andrew | Ledford | U.S. Naval Academy | United States | Social Sciences | Psychology, sociology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Natalie | Chwalisz | American University | United States | Social Sciences | migration, international relations, political science, sociology, demography | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joanna | Mackie | University of California, Merced | United States | Other | Public Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Tejpaul Singh | Bainiwal | UC Riverside | United States | Arts and Humanities | Sikh Studies/Asian American Studies | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Anjali | Garg | Washington University st. Louis | United States | Immunology and Microbiology | Computational Biology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Melina | Matos | Texas A&M University | United States | Other | Urban planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Thomas | Desvignes | University of Oregon | United States | Environmental Science | Antarctic ecosystems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Samuel | Nyarko | Indianna University & Purdue University, Indianapolis | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geoscience Education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Jessica | Curd | Indiana University | United States | Social Sciences | Social Work/End-of-Life Care | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Iddrisu Kambala | Mohammed | University of South Carolina | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Development Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohan | Ganesan | University of St Augustine, San Marcos, CA | United States | Health Professions | Mental health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Esther | Kim | University of Southern California | United States | Social Sciences | Higher education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Richard | Cebula | George Mason University | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Xiaofan | Wei | University of Florida | United States | Social Sciences | Advertising | Young Scientist Award | |