| Dr. | Jeffrey | Velotta | Kaiser Permanente Northern California | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Majd | Mzeihem | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Mary | Imboden | Providence Health and Services Oregon and Southwest Washington | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Samya | Nasr | University of Michigan | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Kenneth | O'Connor | University of West Florida | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Stephanie | Lunn | Florida International University | United States | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | MELVIN | VOPSON | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Chawezi | Miti | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Stuart | Hesketh | University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yu | Wang | Yu Wang, Reader, University of Salford | United Kingdom | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Brahim | El Boudani | London South Bank University | United Kingdom | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Nuru | Noor | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Health Professions | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Sophia | Wakefield | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | Medicine and Health Sciences | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Ainhoa | Mielgo | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Biology and Life Sciences | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | MICHAEL | CRAWFORD | Imperial College - Chelsea and Westminster Campus | United Kingdom | Neuroscience | Lifetime Achievement Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Jasmine | Ahmed | Lancaster University | United Kingdom | Business, Management and Accounting | Young Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Jasmine | Mohsen | SP Jain School of Management and GCU | United Kingdom | Business, Management and Accounting | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Ben | Robinson | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | Chemical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | David | Higgins | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr | Chirag N. | Patel | Technolgoy Innovation Institute | United Arab Emirates | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award | |