| Dr | Mallesham | Bulle | Lousiana State University | United States | | |
| Dr | vera | pavese | Università di Torino | Italy | | |
| Dr | Rameswar Prasad | sah | ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute | India | Outstanding Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Rameswar Prasad | sah | ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute | India | | |
| Dr | Jingwei | Wang | The affiliated hospital of Xuzhou Medical University | China | | |
| Dr | Juan Carlos | Fernandez Cadena | Brigham and Women´s Hospital - Harvard Medical School | United States | Editorial Board Member | |
| Dr | Dani | Sarsekova | Kazakh National Agrarian Research University | Kazakhstan | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Paloma | Moncalean | NEIKER | Spain | Editorial Board Member | |
| Dr | Raghuveer | Singh | ICAR | India | | |
| Dr | Suraj | Yadav | Mississippi State University | United States | | |
| Dr | Leonel | Lagos | Florida International University | United States | | |
| Dr | Zikhona | Tywabi-Ngeva | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | | |
| Dr | Antonio | Morabito | Università mediterranea di Reggio Calabria | Italy | | |
| Dr. | Antonio | Morabito | Università Mediterranea di Reggio calabria | Italy | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Simona | Visan | the oncology institute Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta | Romania | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Hajer | Ben Ammar | AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA | Slovenia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Wahauwouele Hermann | Coulibaly | University Nangui Abrogoua | Côte d'Ivoire | | |
| Dr. | Wahauwouele Hermann | Coulibaly | University Nangui Abrogoua | Côte d'Ivoire | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | MARTA I. | SALUDES ZANFAÑO | University of Salamanca | Spain | | |
| Dr. | Shalini | Singh | Fiji National University | Fiji | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Kelsey | Fisher | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Sandeep | Pandey | ICFRE, Dehradun, (UK) India | India | Distinguished Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Jing | Ming | Beacon Science & Consulting | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Lachezar | Filchev | SRTI-BAS | Bulgaria | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Shumayla | | University of Maryland | United States | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |