| Mr. | Yerassyl | Saparbekov | Nazarbayev University | Kazakhstan | Computer Science | Machine Learning | Research Excellence Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | YERN CHEE | CHING | Universiti Malaya | Malaysia | Engineering | Environmental Science and Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yessi | Rahmawati | Airlangga University | Indonesia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environmental Economics | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Yhosvany | Soler Castillo | Aviaimport, S. A | Cuba | Energy | Photovoltaic systems modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yi | Xia | Information Engineering University | China | Computer Science | Artificial intelligence; Knowledge reasoning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yi | Jiang | Suzhou University | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Application economy / Consumer economy etc.. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yi-Ju | Lee | Academia Sinica | Taiwan | Medicine and Dentistry | AI Application and Statistics, Public Service and Government Consultation | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yian | Chen | South China University of Technology | China | Materials Science | Functional materials | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Yibar | KAMBIRE | Université Joseph KI-ZERBO | Burkina Faso | Medicine and Dentistry | Maladies cardiovasculaires, Maladies thromboemboliques veineuses, COVID-19. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yibeltal | Bekele | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Health Professions | Reproductive health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Yicong | Zhu | Stony Brook University | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Multiscale simulation, AI | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | YIERLAPALLI | NAVEEN KUMAR | SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY | India | Engineering | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yifeng | Zheng | The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University | China | Neuroscience | spinal cord injury/tissue engineering/mechanobiology | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Prof | Yigang | Chen | Jiangnan University Medical Center | China | Medicine and Dentistry | General Surgery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yilebes | Damtie | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Environmental Science | Disaster Risk Management | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Ms | Yilin | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Other | Health economics and outcomes research | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yilkal | Dessie | Adama Science and Technology University | Ethiopia | Chemistry | Materials chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yilu | Ni | Chongqing Medical University | China | Materials Science | Biomaterial | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yingju | Yang | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Energy | CO2 utilization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yingmei | Tang | College of Finance, Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Rural Finance | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |