| Mr | Haydn | Fensham | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Engineering | Electrical | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenkai | Hu | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Physics and Astronomy | Galaxy & Cosmolog | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Parviz | Tavakoli-Kolour | University of the Ryukyus | Japan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Coral reef ecology | Best Research Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| 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 | youngscientistawards.com |
| 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 | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Petros | Barmpas | University of The | Greece | Computer Science | Statistical Analysis, Classification, Clustering, Big Data | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Sheeba | Malik | University of Tennessee | United States | Other | computational biology | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Maryam | Zoghi | University of Tehran, School of Engineering Science | Iran | Physics and Astronomy | Optics and laser physics | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | amin | faraji | university of tehran | Iran | Social Sciences | tourism | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Alireza | Solouki | University of Tehran | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Post harvest biology and technology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Amirhossein | Ranjbar | University of Tehran | Iran | Business, Management and Accounting | Supply Chain Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Roghayeh | Ghasempour | University of Tehran | Iran | Energy | Renewable Energy/ Solar Energy | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mostafa | Khoshbash | University of Tehran | Iran | Business, Management and Accounting | Innovation management | Best Researcher Award | |