| Dr | Marcin | Mackiewicz | University of Warsaw | Poland | Materials Science | drug delivery | Excellence in Research | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Małgorzata | Olszak | University of Warsaw | Poland | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Banking, profitability, procyclicality, competition, bank regulation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Rui | Tan | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | Energy | Energy storage and electrochemical engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Chirag | Shah | University of Washington | United States | Computer Science | Information retrieval | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yuya | Takahashi | University of Washington | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | industrial organiztion | Best Faculty Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Oscar | Olvera Astivia | University of Washington | United States | Social Sciences | Psychometrics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Miqin | Zhang | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | United States | Engineering | sensor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Seo-Eun | Choi | University of Washington | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Psychometrics, Bayesian modeling, Cognition, Dementia, neuroimaging | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Travis | Nelson | University of Washington | United States | Dentistry | Special Care Dentistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Cornelius | Dassah | UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO | Canada | Social Sciences | Geography | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | YASMIN | SHABEER | University of Waterloo | Canada | Chemical Engineering | Battery | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Amandeep | Singh | University of Waterloo, Ontario | Canada | Engineering | Human Factors Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Kgabo Humphrey | Thamaga | University of Western Cape | South Africa | Environmental Science | Ecohydrology, GIS and Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Alexei | Frolov | University of Western Ontario | Canada | Physics and Astronomy | Quantum Electrodynamics, Atomic Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Tanvi Dilip | Challirwar | University of Western Ontario Canada | Canada | Engineering | Space Engineering | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Hongliang | Zhang | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | Physics and Astronomy | Nuclear Materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Wei | Xu | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | biomedicine/cancer biology | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Paliani | Chinguwo | University of Witwatersrand | Malawi | Social Sciences | Sociology of Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Haroun | Rhemtula | University of Witwatersrand | South Africa | Medicine and Dentistry | Obstetric Cardiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Md Sanwar | Hossain | University of Wollongong | Australia | Engineering | Power Electronics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |