| Dr | ALI | Yahyaoui | University of Tunis El Manar (UTM), National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT), Communications Systems Laboratory | Tunisia | Engineering | Antennas, Metsaurfaces, RFID, Optics | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elham | Fallah Shojaie | University of Tulsa | United States | Engineering | Solid Particle Erosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nadia | von Jacobi | University of Trento | Italy | Other | Institutional Interconnections | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Rouholah | Zare Dorabei | University of Toronto | Canada | Chemistry | Analytical Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ourania | Kotsiou | University of Thessaly | Greece | Nursing and Health Professions | Airways Disease and Psychopathology: Extensions and Clinical Implications | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sunny | IYUKE | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg & Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria | South Africa | Chemical Engineering | Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sally | Gaule | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Arts and Humanities | South African Photography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Haydn | Fensham | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Engineering | Electrical | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nzalalemba Serge | Kubanza | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Environmental Science | waste management, climate change | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mostafa | Rateb | University of the West of Scotland | United Kingdom | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Drug discovery | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Parviz | Tavakoli-Kolour | University of the Ryukyus | Japan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Coral reef ecology | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Khalid | Mahmood | University of the Punjab, Lahore | Pakistan | Environmental Science | Development of Geospatial Environmental Indices | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Muhammad | Mohsin | University of the Punjab | Pakistan | Other | Applied Statistics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Naila | Shahid | University of the Punjab | Pakistan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Jessica | Baroga-Barbecho | University of the Philippines Los Baños | Philippines | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Entomology | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Brisneve | Edullantes | University of the Philippines Cebu | Philippines | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Bogusław | Bobek | University of the National Education Commission, Krakow | Poland | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Wildlife research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Donald | Atsa'am | University of the Free State | South Africa | Computer Science | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Lum Sonita | Awah | University of the Free State | South Africa | Other | Disaster Risk Management | Young Scientist Award |
| Mrs | Thembi | Nkomo | University of the Free State | South Africa | Nursing and Health Professions | mental health and psychiatry (occupational therapy) | Best Researcher Award |