| 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 |
| Prof. | Abdel | Abdel-Rahman | East Carolina University | United States | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Innovative Research Award | popularscientist.com |
| Maaz | Ahmad | Tashkent State University of Economics | Uzbekistan | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Sherzodbek | Tashbaev | Andijan state university | Uzbekistan | Biotechnology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Minh-Vien | Le | Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), VNU-HCM | Vietnam | Chemical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Thu Trang | Nguyen | Hanoi Foreign Trade University | Vietnam | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Sang | Tang My | Ho Chi Minh University of Banking | Vietnam | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | SADDAM NOMAN HASSAN | AL-WESABI | West China Hospital, | Yemen | Dentistry | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | منصور | ابوحاتم | جامعة عمران | Yemen | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Taurai | Kachembere | University of Johannesburg | Zimbabwe | Arts and Humanities | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Misi | Manyanga | Great Zimbabwe University | Zimbabwe | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Excellence in Research Award | popularscientist.com |