| Dr | Marie | Bragg | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | United States | Social Sciences | Food Policy and Marketing | Excellence in Research | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Md Aslam | Ali | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University | Bangladesh | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Preservation | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Chirasmita | Panigrahi | Anna University | India | Other | Food process engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Huangliang | Zheng | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | food research; pharmaceutical science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Juhong | Chen | Virginia Tech | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Safety | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof | Juan Raúl | Lucas López | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | Peru | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Food Safety & Food Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sevasti Matsia | | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Food safety and antioxidant materials | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Fatemeh | Hemmati | Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Other | food safety and hygiene | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | leili | Abdi | Tehran University of Medical scince | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Dorra | GHORBEL | INSAT, Université de Carthage | Tunisia | Engineering | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Nader Ghaffari | Khaligh | Universiti Malaya | Malaysia | Chemistry | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Abebe | Desalegn | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | food science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | MAJID | AMINZARE | Zanjan University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Jennifer | Moriones | UPNA | Spain | Chemistry | Food science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof Dr | Animesh | Sarkar | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | Bangladesh | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kannika | Kunyanee | School of Food Industry,King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) | Thailand | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | GAMZE | OKUR | Niigata University | Japan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof | Reza | Farhoosh | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Qiaozhi | Zhang | Zhejiang Gongshang University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahshid | Jahadi | Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Best Researcher Award | |