| Prof. Dr | Nuno | Domingues | ISEL | Portugal | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Susana | Constantino Rosa Santos | University of Lisbon Faculty of Medicine | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Romeo-Gabriel | Mihaila | Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu | Romania | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Gabriel Osei | Forkuo | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shariq | Bashir | Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Afrah | Shaahid | KFUPM | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Samir | Bondock | King Khalid University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mohammed | Al-Shalabi | University of Ha'il | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ibrahim | Ali | AfricaRice | Senegal | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Jabed | Iqbal | Singapore General Hospital | Singapore | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Bruce Iortile | Iormom | University of South Africa | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Thabakgolo | Letsau | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ivo | Gut | Centro Nacional de Analisis Genomico | Spain | Outstanding Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Owais | Mujtaba | University of Granada | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Javier | Caballero-Villarraso | Universidad de Cordoba | Spain | Personalized Medicine Innovation Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Marina | Sanz-Martín | Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spanish National Research Council (IEO-CSIC) | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Md Mahbubur | Rahman | Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden/ International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh | Sweden | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Roland | Bruderer | BIOGNOSYS AG | Switzerland | Outstanding Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ann | Aerts | Novartis Foundation | Switzerland | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Jiann-Ruey | Hong | NCKU | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |