| Dr | Zamambo | Mkhize | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Social Sciences | Higher Education, STEM, Transformation | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Saibu | Mutaru | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Social Sciences | Anthropology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Daniel | Agyapong | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Other | Environmental Management | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Ms | Yuying | Huang | University of Canterbury | New Zealand | Business, Management and Accounting | Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pablo | Coto-MIllán | University of Cantabria | Spain | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Comercio Internacional, Transporte y Logística | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Marco | Menale | University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" | Italy | Mathematics | Mathematical Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ankit | Verma | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Genomics and Epigenetics | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Jason | Hung | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Social Sciences | Sociology | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Kamruzzaman | Khan | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | Materials Science | Epitaxial Growth and Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Howard | Giles | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | Social Sciences | Communication | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Rajanikant | Panda | University of California, San Francisco | United States | Neuroscience | Neurology and Consciousness Studies | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Mainak | Sarkar | University of California, San Diego | United States | Engineering | Machine Learning and Data Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joanna | Mackie | University of California, Merced | United States | Other | Public Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | A. Lenore | Ackerman | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Urogynecology | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Ms | Kuangyu | Liu | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Environmental Science | Epidemiology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Divyansh | Maura | University of California, Davis | United States | Computer Science | Computer Architecture | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yupeng | Zhang | University of California, Davis | United States | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Marta | Sala Climent | University of California-San Diego (UCSD) | United States | Immunology and Microbiology | Microbiome and Inflammation | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Janine | Baijnath-Rodino | University of California-Irvine | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Engineering/Academia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | Akinci | University of California Riverside | United States | Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |