| Prof. Dr. | Hans Josef | Pesch | University of Bayreuth | Germany | Mathematics | Trailblazing Popular Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Andreas | Prokscha | Institute of Digital Signal Processing (DSV), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) | Germany | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Nazanin | Irani | Ruhr-Universitat Bochum | Germany | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Susanne | Neufang | Insitute of Biomedical Informatics, University of Cologne | Germany | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Hamada | Zahera | Paderborn University | Germany | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Ke | Wang | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | Engineering | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Yunjie | Zhang | LMU Clinic Munich | Germany | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Michael | Féchir | Trier University of Applied Sciences | Germany | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Francis | Andorful | Heidelberg University/ GIScience Research Group | Germany | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Peter | Anyin | Institute for Intermodal Transports and Logistics Systems | Germany | Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Gaurav Rajendra | Bokil | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und-Raumfahrt (DLR) | Germany | Artificial Neural Networks | Research Excellence Distinction Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Peter | Naguib | Munich University of Applied Sciences | Germany | Nanotechnology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms. | Eileen | Lara | University of Wuppertal/ African Institute of Sustainable Energy and Systems Analysis (AISESA) | Germany | Business, Management and Accounting | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Tristan | Thietz | Europa-Universität Flensburg | Germany | Arts and Humanities | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Rebeca | Abibe | Innovationshub Muskuloskelettale Chirurgie Halle (IMCH) - BG Bergmannstrost Halle and Universitätmedizin Halle | Germany | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Jürgen | Kriz | University of Osnabrück | Germany | Psychology | Distinguished Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Xiaoying | Liu | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Aurel | Popa-Wagner | University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania/Chair of Vascular Neurology and Dementia Universitaetsklinikum Essen, Germany | Germany | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Inspirational Scientist Visionary Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Muhammad | Islam | Fraunhofer IKTS | Germany | Energy and Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Anindita | Sarkar | Center for Development Research, Uni Bonn | Germany | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |