| Dr | Wei | Wang | Lanzhou University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agro-ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Boobalan | S C | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | India | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ahmad | Alqudah | Qatar University | Qatar | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Genetics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Rong | Song | Nanjing University | China | Environmental Science | Air Pollution and Climate Change | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nourou Dine Adeniran | Bankole | Centre d'investigation clinique et innovation technologique-CHRU Tours | France | Neuroscience | Neurosurgery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Biswajit | Saha | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | India | Chemical Engineering | Advanced Material | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Weiwei | Shao | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | Engineering | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Minhui | Li | Baotou Medical College | China | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Traditional Chinese Medicine, Natural products chemistry, Ethnopharmacology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Qinghong | Liao | Nanchang University | China | Physics and Astronomy | Quantum information | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | LIfang | Zhou | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Computer Science | Adaptive illumination-invariant face recognition via local nonlinear multi-layer contrast feature | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Young Kwan | Sohn | Gyeongsang National University | South Korea | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Volcanology, sedimentology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Regia | Pereira Silva | National Institute for Space Research - INPE | Brazil | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Aeronomy/Ionosphere/Electrodynamics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Byoung-Hwa | Lee | Pusan Clean Energy Research Institute/Pusan National University | South Korea | Energy | Thermal power generation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Gang | Zhang | Chang'an University | China | Engineering | Bridge engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Xinbo | LI | Dalian University of Technology | China | Engineering | Nuclear Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zhengwei | Qin | Wuhan Center of China Geological Survey | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology/Geochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zhiwei | Feng | Hefei University of Technology | China | Engineering | Optics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yeong Geon | Son | Keimyung university | South Korea | Energy | Energy coupling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shoulei | Yan | Huazhong Agricultural University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Minal | Dakhave | Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd | India | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Molecular diagnostics, Virology | Best Researcher Award | |