| Dr | Gunjan | A Rana | Sushant University, Gurugram | India | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Virginie | Schweitzer | Université de Haute Alsace | France | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Flávio | Bizarrias | Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing | Brazil | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Michelle | Rydback | University of Gävle | Sweden | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Devran | YAZIR | Karadeniz Technical university | Turkey | Engineering | Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | MAHENDRRAN | SELVADURAY | Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Maritime Studies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hyun | Yang | Korea Maritime & Ocean University | South Korea | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Maritime and Ocean | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Muhammad Arif | Budiyanto | Universitas Indonesia | Indonesia | Engineering | Marine Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Spyros | Hirdaris | Aalto University | Finland | Engineering | Marine Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Prabin Kumar | Kar | Berhampur University | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Xiangbin | Ran | First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | SUBI | SANKAR | CMLRE | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Morteza | Zanganeh | Golestan University | Iran | Environmental Science | marine science | Best Innovation Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | talha | kocak | Gazi University | Turkey | Environmental Science | marine pollution | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Veeruraj | Anguchamy | Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Marine Natural products (Bioactive compounds/Protein/ Peptides/ Toxicology), Development of regenerative biomaterials,Sea food chemistry and biochemistry, Food processing technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yung-Hsiang | Su | Institute of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan | Taiwan | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Geology and Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Wenbo | Han | Dalian Maritime University | China | Engineering | Marine engineering | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Laura | Sordo de las Nieves | IPMA | Portugal | Environmental Science | Marine ecology/Global change | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sebastian | Litchfield | Southern Cross University | Australia | Environmental Science | Marine ecology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Helena | Pires | MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre | Portugal | Environmental Science | Marine Ecology | Young Scientist Award | |