| Dr | Ibrahim | Bourbia | University of Tasmania | Australia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant water relations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Edoardo | Bertone | Griffith University | Australia | Engineering | Water resources management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nan | Zhang | Swinburne university of technology | Australia | Engineering | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sebastian | Litchfield | Southern Cross University | Australia | Environmental Science | Marine ecology | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | David | Ahmedt-Aristizabal | CSIRO | Australia | Computer Science | Computer vision | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | FAN | ZHANG | Griffith University | Australia | Other | Built Environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Michelle | Hall | University of Melbourne | Australia | Health Professions | osteoarthritis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abolfazl | Abdollahi | Australian National University | Australia | Environmental Science | Remote Sensing and environemtal Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tatheer | Zahra | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Engineering | Structural Engineering | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Wei Ting | Hong | The University of Sydney | Australia | Social Sciences | Railway safety | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Ashraf | Khalifa | Griffith University | Australia | Environmental Science | Soil erosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Somayeh | Sadegh Koohestani | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | Energy | Renewable energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Seyedmostafa | Mousavi | The University of Melbourne | Australia | Energy | Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency | Young Scientist Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kirsten | Martinus | University of Western Australia | Australia | Social Sciences | Human Geography | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | nitin | saksena | Victoria University | Australia | Immunology and Microbiology | Genomics | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Vivian | Chau | The University of New South Wales | Australia | Psychology | Childhood Abuse and Neglect, Parenting | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Nora | Campbell | University of New South Wales | Australia | Environmental Science | Ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | THANH | TRAN | University of Queensland | Australia | Engineering | Transportation | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Rigissa | Megalokonomou | Monash University | Australia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Education, Migration, Labour Economics | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Yuan | Wang | The University of Queensland | Australia | Engineering | Biomedical functional materials | Young Scientist Award |