| Mr | Akhilesh Singh | Shisodia | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Social Sciences | Sustainable Urbanism | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Mahda | Foroughi | TuDelft | Netherlands | Social Sciences | architecture and urban planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Rik | van Leeuwen | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands | Mathematics | Anomaly Detection | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Joyce Angnayeli | Eledi Kuusaana | Utrecht University and TU Darmstadt | Netherlands | Social Sciences | Urban geography, spatial planning and infrastructure planning (electricity/energy) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mehdi | Saadallah | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands | Computer Science | AI, Cybersecurity and Human Expertise | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Noreen | WEJIEME | University of New Caledonia | New Caledonia | Environmental Science | Marine ecology | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jingyuan | Wen | The School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland | New Zealand | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Pharmaceutical science | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mengyang | Liu | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Peptide rug delivery technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joao Claudio | Mussi de Albuquerque | The University of Auckland / MetOcean Solutions | New Zealand | Environmental Science | Oceanography | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Thi Dieu Hien | Truong | Massey University/Comvita | New Zealand | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Spectral analysis and chemometrics/Manuka honey/Food | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Yuying | Huang | University of Canterbury | New Zealand | Business, Management and Accounting | Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Younes | Shirmohammadli | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Engineering | Engineered Wood Products, Timber Engineering, Wood Science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof | Kaveh | Shahbaz | THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND | New Zealand | Chemical Engineering | Green solvents | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Gudrun | Frommherz | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand | Social Sciences | Communication Studies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hao | Zheng | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Computer Science | Video understanding | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | honglu | zhang | Sport Waitakere | New Zealand | Social Sciences | sport, health, and education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mrs | Ayesha | Qureshi | University of Otago | New Zealand | Psychology | Health Psychology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Moussa | Yahaya Maazou | Université Abdou Moumouni | Niger | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Green economy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Oluwafemi Adeleke | Ojo | Landmark University | Nigeria | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Computational Biology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Johnson | Oladele | Kings university | Nigeria | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Toxicology, Phytoscience | Best Researcher Award | |