| Dr | Marvellous | Ngundu | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | Zimbabwe | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | China-Africa economic relations | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Thanh Phung | Truong | Chung-Ang University | Vietnam | Computer Science | Computer Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | John | List | University of Chicago | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Field Experiments | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Steven | Miller | Williams College | United States | Mathematics | number theory, probability, applied mathematics | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Brent | Adkins | Roanoke College | United States | Arts and Humanities | Philosophy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Andrew | Vogel | Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Cardiothoracic Surgery Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suryansh | Bajaj | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Neuroradiology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sarah | McCarthey | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Arts and Humanities | Literacy | Best Extension Activity Award |
| Mrs | Sepideh | Monjezi | Georgia State University | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Computer Information Systems | Best Research Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yang | Weng | Arizona State Unviersity | United States | Energy | Assured Machine Learning for Sustainability | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Viven | Sharma | University Of Minnesota Twin Cities | United States | Engineering | Geophysics, Risk Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kenneth | Phelps | Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Albany Medical College, Albany, NY | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Cadmium toxicity; mineral metabolism in CKD | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Juna | Musa | Mayo Clinic | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Radiology | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Peter | Smagorinsky | U. of Georgia, emeritus | United States | Psychology | Literacy Education | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Hiba | Mustafa | Indiana University | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Fetal Medicine | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | sanjun | fan | Department of chemistry and biochemistry, OSU | United States | Chemistry | SERS/fluorescence sensors | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gajendra Singh | Chawda | University of Michigan-Dearborn | United States | Engineering | Addressing Renewable Energy Penetration Challenges in Rural Grids through Adaptive Reactive Power Management | Best Extension Activity Award |
| Dr | Haoming | Ma | University of Texas at Austin | United States | Energy | Subsurface Renewable Energy System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yongshin | Park | St. Edward's University | United States | Decision Sciences | Supply Chain | |
| Dr | Cheng | Li | MIT | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Metabolic Engineering | |