| Dr | VARUN | SHUKLA | JSS DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, MYSURU | India | Dentistry | ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elvis | Achuo | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environmental economics, Energy economics, Resource economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nowel Yinkfu | Njamnsi | University of Bamenda/ National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) | Cameroon | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Petroleum Geoscience | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Nasse | FETIO NGOUNE | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Energy | Renewable energy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Maurice Ducret | Awouafack | Faculty of Science/University of Dschang | Cameroon | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry/Natural Products Chemistry/Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Romano | Dallai | University of Siena | Italy | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Entomologia- ultrastruttura insetti | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Cyrille | Njiteu | UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA | Cameroon | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geophysique | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Muhammad | Binyameen | Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan | Pakistan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Entomology/Insect Chemical Ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | BITOMBO | ANDRE NEHEMIE | University of Yaounde I | Cameroon | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry / Natural Products Chemistry/ Teaching and Research | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | PAMELA FRANCINE | KAMSU NOUMEGNA | UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA / CAMEROON | Cameroon | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | essential oils, crop and food protection | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Irfan | Civcir | Ankara University | Turkey | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economic Growth | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Azad | Mohammed | University of Sulaimani | Iraq | Engineering | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Claudia | Campanale | CNR-IRSA | Italy | Chemistry | Scienza ambientale | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | John Jackson | Nsiah | Takoradi Technical University | Ghana | Engineering | Water resources and environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Antonios | Antoniou | PUCP | Peru | Energy | Hidrogeno | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Vukoman | Jokanovic | ALBOS Ltd and Vinća Institute of Nuclear Sciences | Serbia | Materials Science | Medicine and Dentistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | DINKAR | SAHAL | FORMERLY AT ICGEB | India | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN CHEMISTRY, DRUG DISCOVERY | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nusrat | Shafiq | Government College Women University Faisalabad | Pakistan | Chemistry | Pharmaceutical Chemistry focusing drug designing and development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Irfan Ahmed | Rind | Sukkur IBA University | Pakistan | Psychology | Critical Thinking | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | SUBHASIS | SARKAR | Department of Microbiology, Swami Vivekananda University | India | Environmental Science | sewage treatment | Best Researcher Award | |