| Mr. | Felix | Owusu | University of Ghana | Ghana | Social Sciences | Innovative Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Yanis | Gamarra | TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich | Germany | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yavar | Vaziritabar | Institute of Agronomy & Crop Physiology | Germany | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Dieter | Böhler | Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen | Germany | Arts and Humanities | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Jan | Vorwerk | University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein (UCCSH) | Germany | Medicine and Health Sciences | Young Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Timo | Hertlein | Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg | Germany | Energy and Sustainability | Best Scholar Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Rebekka | Hufendiek | Ulm University | Germany | Arts and Humanities | Best Scholar Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Lütje | Lange | University of Potsdam | Germany | Social Sciences | Young Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Abdelrhman | BASSIOUNY | University of Bremen | Germany | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Hans Josef | Pesch | University of Bayreuth | Germany | Mathematics | Trailblazing Popular Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Andreas | Prokscha | Institute of Digital Signal Processing (DSV), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) | Germany | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Nazanin | Irani | Ruhr-Universitat Bochum | Germany | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Susanne | Neufang | Insitute of Biomedical Informatics, University of Cologne | Germany | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Hamada | Zahera | Paderborn University | Germany | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Ke | Wang | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | Engineering | Young Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yunjie | Zhang | LMU Clinic Munich | Germany | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Michael | Féchir | Trier University of Applied Sciences | Germany | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Francis | Andorful | Heidelberg University/ GIScience Research Group | Germany | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Peter | Anyin | Institute for Intermodal Transports and Logistics Systems | Germany | Engineering | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Gaurav Rajendra | Bokil | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und-Raumfahrt (DLR) | Germany | Artificial Neural Networks | Research Excellence Distinction Award | popularscientist.com |