| Mr. | Zhumei | Ren | Shanxi University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Liang | Shi | College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Plant Biology Leadership Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shuming | Wang | Southwest University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Meng | Ma | Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Xuhuai District | China | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Juan | Huang | South China Botanical Garden | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Valeisha | Ellis | Spelman College | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Huiping | Dai | Shaanxi University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Lixi | Jiang | Zhejiang University | China | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xuehao | Fu | School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University. | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Guo | Shuchun | Science and Crop Science Research Institute of Inner Mongolia University of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry | China | Outstanding Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Alicia | Foxx | Chicago Botanic Garden | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Funian | Zhao | Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Qiang | Zhang | Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yuefeng | Bai | Sichuan Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jinyue | Tang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Michael | Neff | Washington State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | MUSLIM | QADIR | South China Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jia | hao | school of medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Rattan | Lal | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yonghong | Bi | Institute of hydrobiology, CAS | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Umesh | Khadka | tu | Nepal | Best Paper Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Sabas | Patrick | Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xiankai | Lu | South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Kamran | Ghasemzadeh | university of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Christos | Chatzissavvidis | Democritus University of Thrace | Greece | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |