| Dr. | Spemba | Spemba | Mkwawa University College of Education | Tanzania | Arts and Humanities | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Obvious | Katsaura | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Abel Compbel | CHIPEMBO | Eduardo mondlane university | Mozambique | Medicine and Health Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Martial Camille | NGONO | Université Yaoundé 1/ NASEY | Cameroon | Energy and Sustainability | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Ms. | Nifemi | Orimabuyaku | Redeemer's University | Nigeria | Arts and Humanities | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Agnieszka | Szczygiel | Syngenta | United Kingdom | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Bahadır | Demirel | Erciyes University | Turkey | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Industrial Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Min | Tan | Hangzhou Dianzi University | China | Computer Science | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Martial Camille | NGONO | NASEY / Université Yaoundé I | Cameroon | Energy and Sustainability | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Muhammad Azher | Iqbal | Huazhong University of Science & Technology | China | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | ugur | caglayan | Cukurova University | Turkey | Chemistry and Materials Science | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Andiswa | Mvanyashe | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | Arts and Humanities | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | David | Akolgo | Ball State University | United States | Psychology | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | João Victor | Costa | IN+, Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research – Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | Energy and Sustainability | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Ms. | Oluwaseyi | Ayeni | The University of Buckingham | United Kingdom | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Distinction Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | abdellah | Boucetta | CHU IBN ROCHD MOROCCO | Morocco | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | wenwen | zhou | Jiangxi agricultural university | China | Environmental Science | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Ahmed | Kareem | جامعة بغداد/جامعة الانبار | Iraq | Physics and Astronomy | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Ibtesam | Badhrees | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology | Saudi Arabia | Energy and Sustainability | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Martin | Elsegood | Centre for Automotive Safety Research, Adelaide University | Australia | Decision Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |