| Dr. | Sheng-Chieh | Lu | MD Anderson CancerCenter | United States | Data Science and Analytics | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| 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 |
| Prof. Dr. | Mo | Jamshidi | The University of Texas at San Antonio | United States | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Elliot | Wolfson | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | Arts and Humanities | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Gopal | Niraula | Stanford University | United States | Physics and Astronomy | Young Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Israel | Adandom | The University of Alabama | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Aurelio Jose | Figueredo | University of Arizona | United States | Psychology | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | I-An | Su | University of Washington, Tacoma | United States | Psychology | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | David | Akolgo | Ball State University | United States | Psychology | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Michael | Connolly | Miami Herbert Business School | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | LOREDANA | MORO | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | United States | Biology and Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Nael | Radwan | University of Idaho | United States | Computer Science | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Hayden | Smith | University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States | United States | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Bulent | Ozpolat | The University of Oklahoma | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Diane | Damiano | NIH Intramural Research Program | United States | Engineering | Innovative Research Award | popularscientist.com |