| Dr | Benjamin | Gerstner | Penn State University | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant soil feedback, plant polyploidy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Diane | Ghanem | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Orthopaedic Surgery | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Hadi | Heydarizadeh Shali | The University of Memphis | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geodesy and Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Emily | Bonner | Oregon State University | United States | Environmental Science | Environmental chemistry/ toxicology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nima | Khodadadi | university of Miami | United States | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dhurjhoti | Saha | MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Epigenetics/Chromatin remodeler | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | A. Lenore | Ackerman | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Urogynecology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zeinab | Ramezani | University of Miami | United States | Engineering | Semiconductor Devices and Physics, Biosensor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Khaldoon | Dhou | Texas A&M University Central Texas | United States | Computer Science | agent-based modeling, virtual humans, image processing, visual analytics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ellen-ge | Denton | University of Rochester Medical Center | United States | Psychology | Youth Suicide Prevention | Best Faculty Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Thahseena | Pokker | University of Pennsylvania | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Clinical Research | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dikshat Gopal | Gupta | Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Hematological Disorders (Acute Leukemias) | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Michael | Ciolfi | University of Bridgeport | United States | Other | Universal Design for Learning | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Prof | Mohsen | Attaran | California State University, Bakersfield | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Manufacturing | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Jared | Spackman | University of Idaho | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Nutrient Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohammadsadeq | Mottaqi | City University of New York | United States | Computer Science | Computational biology | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Arman | Kishan | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Orthopaedic Surgery | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Robert | Epstein | American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology | United States | Social Sciences | Technology and Society | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shashank | Chetty | Stanford University | United States | Other | Nanomedicine | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nadia | Koyratty | International Food Policy Research Institute | United States | Health Professions | Epidemiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |