| Dr | Kyriaki | Anastasiadou | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physical Education and Sport Science at Serres, Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovation Laboratory | Greece | Business, Management and Accounting | Sport Management and Marketing/ Service Design | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mehrshad | Poursaeid Esfahani | Shahid Beheshti University | Iran | Health Professions | Sport medicine | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Katrien | Fransen | KU Leuven | Belgium | Other | Sport Psychology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | James | Munnik | University of Kwa-Zulu Natal | South Africa | Psychology | Sport Psychology and Counselling Psychology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Gabriele | Russo | University of Tuscia | Italy | Other | Sport psychology, Physical Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | ABDOLHAMID | daneshjoo | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | Other | Sport Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lijie | Lou | Guangzhou Sport University | China | Social Sciences | Sport Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Luis Arturo | Gómez-Landero | Universidad Pablo de Olavide | Spain | Social Sciences | Sport sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | honglu | zhang | Sport Waitakere | New Zealand | Social Sciences | sport, health, and education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Leila | mousavi | Tehran University | Iran | Health Professions | Sports and Athletic activity | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Kanupriya | Rawat | Kazimierz Wielki University | Poland | Psychology | Sports and exercise psychology / Health Psychology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hamed | Esmaeili | University of Isfahan | Iran | Health Professions | Sports and Occupational Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Olivier | Materne | Standard de Liege | Belgium | Health Professions | Sports Medicine | Best Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Farjana Akter | Boby | Daffodil International University | Bangladesh | Health Professions | Sports Medicine | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | goto | kyosuke | Fukuoka University | Japan | Medicine and Dentistry | sports medicine | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Amir Hossein | Ahmadi Hekmatikar | tarbiat modares university of tehran | Iran | Other | Sports oncology and sports physiology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Qing | Liu | Jiangnan University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Starch deep processing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Petros | Barmpas | University of The | Greece | Computer Science | Statistical Analysis, Classification, Clustering, Big Data | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Fatma | Aouaini | Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University | Saudi Arabia | Physics and Astronomy | Statistical Physics | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Alessia | Annibale | King's College London | United Kingdom | Mathematics | Statistical Physics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |