| Dr | JOSE MARÍA | QUINTANILLA HERVÁS | IEO-CSIC | Spain | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | FISH LARVAL ECOLOGY | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | José Luis | Pulloquinga Zapata | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain | Engineering | rehabilitation robotics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jose Leonardo | Cely Andrade | Profamilia | Colombia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Salud publica | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | José Joaquín | Pinedo Hernández | University of Cordoba | Colombia | Chemistry | Environmental | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | JOSE GASPAR | VILLEGAS | Estación Fitopatológica Areeiro (Diputación de Pontevedra) | Spain | Engineering | Ingeniería Foresal y del Medio Natural | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | José Diego | Fernandes | São Paulo State University (UNESP) | Brazil | Materials Science | nanostructured organic films | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof | jose | moura | FCT UNL | Portugal | Chemistry | Metal in Biology | Excellence in Research | |
| Mr | José | Lourenço | Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S) | Portugal | Environmental Science | Ecology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | José | Bonomi-Barufi | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Botânica | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Prof | Jos | | University of Alicante | Spain | Chemistry | Analytical Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Jorge Luis | Guirado Moreno | Institut de Recerca i Innovació Educativa (IRIE) | Spain | Social Sciences | Language Difficulties and Executive Functions | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Jorge | Guerrero Valle | Universidad de Cádiz | Spain | Social Sciences | Sociología, Antropología, Trabajo | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Joonsu | Han | Argonne National Laboratory | United States | Immunology and Microbiology | Immunoengineering | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | JongJu | Jeon | Pusan National University | South Korea | Engineering | Image signal processing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Jonghoek | Kim | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea | Engineering | Control engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jonathan | Letzter | Columbia University | United States | Arts and Humanities | Architecture | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Johnson | Oladele | Kings university | Nigeria | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Toxicology, Phytoscience | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | John | Dodson | Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Environmental Science | Environmental change | Best Scholar Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | John | Emmanuel Lujuo | Mbeya University | Tanzania | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science and Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joe | Tekli | Lebanese American University | Lebanon | Computer Science | Intelligent Data Processing and Applications | Best Researcher Award | |