| Mr | Bright | Mukwedeya | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food security | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Romano | Lottering | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Environmental Science | Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ferdinando | Totani | University of L'Aquila | Italy | Engineering | Geotecnica | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Collins | Oboh | University of Lagos | Nigeria | Business, Management and Accounting | Accounting Ethics and Fraud Analysis | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Felix Oludare | Ajiola | University of Lagos,Nigeria | Nigeria | Arts and Humanities | African social and economic History | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hyun Suk | Shin | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Quantitative genetic in Aquaculture | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Kaspars | Kļaviņš | University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Asian Studies; School of Marxism, South China Normal University | Latvia | Arts and Humanities | Philosophy | History | Asian Studies | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Romain | Steiner | University of Lausanne | Switzerland | Other | Forensic Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Julia | Mindlin | University of Leipzig | Germany | Environmental Science | Climate science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Thobela Louis | Tyasi | University of Limpopo | South Africa | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agriculture/Animal Production/Animal Breeding and Genetics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Lilian | Makgoo | University of Limpopo | South Africa | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cancer genomics | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Fadi | Alkaraan | University of Lincoln | United Kingdom | Business, Management and Accounting | Governance and Innovation strategies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Asma | Ressaissi | University of lisbon | Portugal | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cholesterol metabolism | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Marco | Saraiva | University of Lisbon | Portugal | Chemistry | amyloids | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Benjamin | Holmes | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Mathematics | Applied statistics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Judith | Humphreys | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Medicine and Dentistry | Dental Anomalies - molar incisor hypomineralisation | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Bushra | Sumra | University of london | United States | Neuroscience | Autism Spectrum | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Mr | Moslem | Sheikhkhoshkar | University of Lorraine | France | Engineering | Construction management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jean-Francois | Longevial | University of Lorraine | France | Chemistry | Organic / Organometallic / pi-systems / carbene | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jennifer | Middleton | University of Louisville | United States | Social Sciences | Social Work/Public Health/Social Justice Research | Best Researcher Award | |