| Dr | Luca | Danieli | University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Austria | Arts and Humanities | Music | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | Leonora | Masini | Brown University | Italy | Arts and Humanities | Italian Studies | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Subrata | Ghosh | The University of Manchester | India | Materials Science | Nanotechnology | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Ameneh | Mianabadi | Department of Ecology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran | Iran | Environmental Science | Water Resources Management | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Gamal | Mabrouk | University of Texas at San Antonio | United States | Engineering | Pavement Engineering, Infrastructure materials | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Daniel | Aldrich | Northeastern University | United States | Social Sciences | Research / Disasters and Crises | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Rong-An | Shang | Soochow University | Taiwan | Business, Management and Accounting | Information Systems | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Suresh | Chavhan | Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore | India | Engineering | Communication Networking and ITS | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | Geneviève | Raîche-Savoie | Université Laval | Canada | Other | Design, Entrepreneurship & Education | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Priyanka | Singh | DTU | Denmark | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Nanotechnology | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Majid | Hojati | wlu | Canada | Earth and Planetary Sciences | GIS | Best Research Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Azita | Asayesh | Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Engineering | Mechanical properties of materials | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Christopher | Petrie | New Nordic School | Finland | Computer Science | Education | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Pardhu | Pinnamshetty | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | Social Sciences | Diaspora studies | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Msafiri | Mkonda | Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Agricultural Sciences | Crop yields | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Violeta | Stefanović | City Administration of Leskovac, Serbia | Serbia | Other | Health and Engineering | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Rosa | ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon | Portugal | Social Sciences | Gender Studies | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Federico | Donelli | University of Genoa | Italy | Social Sciences | International Relations | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Enyetu | Joshua | Busitema University | Uganda | Agricultural Sciences | Agricultural Engineering | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Francesco | Ascione | University of Salerno, Italy | Italy | Engineering | Civil/GFRP/adhesive | Best Research Award | |