| Mr | Yung-Hsiang | Su | Institute of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan | Taiwan | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Geology and Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yunhe | Liu | Jilin University | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yunwen | Xu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Engineering | Intelligent transportation control | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yunxian | Zhang | Yangtze University | China | Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Prof | Yunyoung | Nam | Soonchunhyang University | South Korea | Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yupeng | Wang | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Environmental Science | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yupeng | Zhang | University of California, Davis | United States | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yuquan | Gan | Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Engineering | Hyperspectral images processing/Remote sensing | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Ms | Yusra | Saleem | Advance Educational Institute & Research Center | Pakistan | Other | Psychophysiology, Clinical Research | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Yusuf | Adeneye | Universiti Malaysia Kelantan | Malaysia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | YUSUF | SERT | Yozgat Bozok University | Turkey | Chemistry | Computational Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yusuf | Jameel | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Materials Science | Bio-composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yuval | Geva | University of Haifa | Israel | Arts and Humanities | Linguistics | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | YUVARAJ | L | Acharya institute of technology | India | Engineering | Acoustics | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Yuying | Huang | University of Canterbury | New Zealand | Business, Management and Accounting | Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yuze | Wang | Huazhong Agricultural University | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Resource and Environmental Economics, Health Economics | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Z. Tugce | Yuksel | Arti Proje | Turkey | Engineering | Coastal and Harbour Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zaher | Haddad | Alaqsa University | Palestine, State of | Other | Information Security and privacy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zahid | Mahmood | COMSATS University Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan | Pakistan | Engineering | Image processing, machine learning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zahid | Hussain | USTB, China | Pakistan | Engineering | Mining Engineering | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |