| Mr | Siphesihle | Khumalo | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Remediation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Laura | Sordo de las Nieves | IPMA | Portugal | Environmental Science | Marine ecology/Global change | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mehrshad | Poursaeid Esfahani | Shahid Beheshti University | Iran | Health Professions | Sport medicine | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zahra | Bahmani | Bio-medical engineering group, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Engineering | Cognitive neuroscience | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nhon | Nguyen-Thanh | Ton Duc Thang University | Vietnam | Engineering | Computational Mechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Aristide | MUNVERA MFIFEN | The University of Yaounde I | Cameroon | Chemistry | Natural Product/Organic Synthesis/Pharmacognosy/Drug design | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Taciana Kramer de Oliveira | Pinto | Universidade Federal de Alagoas | Brazil | Environmental Science | Ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Rosario | Scandurra | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain | Social Sciences | Sociology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Samrand | Saeidi | University of Szeged | Hungary | Engineering | design of solar chimney power plant | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | A.R. | Deepika | Gitam Deemed to be University | India | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | NAVEEN | SOLANKI | Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology | India | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering (Thermal) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Sudeshna | Rath | IIT Roorkee | India | Business, Management and Accounting | Operations Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Parvin | Gharbani | Islamic Azad University, Ahar Branch | Iran | Chemistry | Adsorption/desorption | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yazdan | Shams Maleki | Kermanshah University of Technology (KUT) | Iran | Engineering | Numerical/experimental modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jiawei | Yang | Donghua University | China | Decision Sciences | Data Envelopment Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Norah | Aldosiry | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Special education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kyo-Sun | Lim | Kyungpook National University | South Korea | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Atmospheric sciences/ Numerical modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Z. Tugce | Yuksel | Arti Proje | Turkey | Engineering | Coastal and Harbour Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | TANYA | KUMARI | MMMUT, Gorakhpur | India | Physics and Astronomy | Material science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kürşat | Gültekin | Ondokuz Mayıs University | Turkey | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |