| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Leila | Monjazeb marvdashti | University of california san diego | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Global Impact in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Hina | Ashraf | The Connecticut Agricultural Experimen | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Godfrey | Tabowei | Texas Tech University Health Science center Permian Basin | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | You | Zhang | University of Rochester | United States | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Ms. | Lila | Wayman | University of Arizona | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Kehinde | Akinwolere | Ball State University | United States | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Himanshi | Tanwar | University of Maryland | United States | Immunology and Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| 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 |