| Dr | Iris | Groman-Yaroslavski | University of Haifa | Israel | Arts and Humanities | Archaeology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Randall | Guevara-Betancourt | Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnologica (IPICYT) | Mexico | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Exploración Geofísica | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mehran | Sookhakian | University of Malaya | Malaysia | Chemistry | Energy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Reynier | Limonta Montero | Universidad de Oriente | Cuba | Social Sciences | Derecho | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | RIDWAN Tobi | Ayinla | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | United States | Energy | Nanomaterial for energy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Yona | Chen | Hebrew Uniuversity of Jerusalem | Israel | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Water environmental chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hagai | Ginsburg | Hebrew University | Israel | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Malaria biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elena | Konstantinovskaya | University of Alberta | Canada | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Structural Geology, Geomechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Cinzia | Pica | Assumption University | United States | Social Sciences | Intercultural Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ivan | Šprajc | Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) | Slovenia | Arts and Humanities | Archaeology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Nadhir | Al-Ansari | Lulea University of Technology | Sweden | Engineering | Water Resources and Environment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sai Srinivas | Vellela | Chalapathi Institute of Technology | India | Engineering | cloud computing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohamed | Khalil | Conservation and Survey Division- UNL | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Applied Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Langtone | Maunganidze | Midlands State University | Zimbabwe | Social Sciences | Sociology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | ASMA ALI | BUDALAL | college of electrical and electronic technology | Libya | Engineering | telecommunications engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zeshan | Zada | IOP, Chinese academy of sciences beijing | China | Materials Science | DFT | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Muhammad Waheed | Riaz | Zhejiang A&F University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Crop Genetics and Breeding | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | DANIEL | HATUNGIMANA | BURUNDI UNIVERSITY | Burundi | Engineering | Building and Construction materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Korukonda | Murty | North Carolina State University | United States | Engineering | Nuclear Materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Martin | Pělucha | Prague University of Economics and Business | Czech Republic | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Regional Policy, EU Rural Policy, Agriculture, Territorial Cohesion | Best Researcher Award | |