| Dr | ANSHU | KUMAR | JAIN (Deemed-to-be-university) Centre for Nano and Material Science | India | Chemical Engineering | Water purification device | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Cristian | Salazar | Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo | Ecuador | Environmental Science | Water quality | Young Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Michael | Attia | LSU | United States | Engineering | Water Recourses | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Lehlogonolo | Tabana | University of Pretoria | South Africa | Chemical Engineering | Water Remediation | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Suresh | Sharma | Youngstown State University | United States | Engineering | Water Resources | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mohamed | Fathi | Villanova University | United States | Engineering | Water resources | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Mohamed Ibrahim | Kizhisseri | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Engineering | Water Resources | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Manish | Pandey | National Institute of Technology Warangal | India | Engineering | Water Resources and River Engineering | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Sai Srinivas | Gorugantula | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | India | Engineering | Water Resources Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Roja | Kaveh Garna | Virginia Tech | United States | Engineering | Water resources engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | muhammed | kulat | Middle East Technical University | Turkey | Engineering | Water Resources Engineering | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Ceyhun | Ozcelik | Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University | Turkey | Environmental Science | Water Resources Engineering | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Ritruaj | Shukla | university of Guelph | Canada | Engineering | Water Resources Engineering and Hydrologic, Hydrogeologic, and Hydraulic models | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Majid | Rahimzadegan | Water Resources Engineering and Management Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran | Iran | Engineering | Water Resources Engineering and Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Timketa Adula | Duguma | Ambo university Institute of Technology, Hachalu Hundessa Campus | Ethiopia | Engineering | Water resources engineering and management | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Uttam | Singh | Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Water Resources Engineering, Hydrogeology, | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Bagher | Zahabiyoun | IUST-Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Engineering | Water Resources, Climate Change, Droughts, Floods | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Angel | Polanco-Rodriguez | Facultad de Quimica, Laboratorio de Cromatografía de Gases de la Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico | Mexico | Environmental Science | Water security | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | imane | saghouri el idrissi | University ibn tofail of Morroco | Morocco | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Water stress | Women Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Amanda | Lima | University of Sao Paulo | Brazil | Chemical Engineering | Water treatment | Best Researcher Award | |