| Prof | Jens | Høeg | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Marine Biology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | MARCO | DI LUDOVICO | UNIV. DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II | Italy | Engineering | INGEGNERIA CIVILE, STRUTTURE, SISMICA | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Bo | Yang | China University of Geosciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Tectonic | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Valentina | Lopresto | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Italy | Engineering | Materiali | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Wang | Xiushan | Zhejiang Sci-Tech University | China | Engineering | Road materials and structural engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Luhua | Jiang | Central South University | China | Environmental Science | Environmental microbes; Heavy metal remediation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Damiano | Spagnuolo | University of Messina | Italy | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Marine Biology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Eva | Ljungkvist | Danish Police | Denmark | Other | Forensic science/Crime scene/Interpretation of a fire scene with ultraviolet light | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | |