| Dr | Basile | Luse Belanganayi | Université Officielle de Ruwenzori | Belgium | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Idrissou | Ahoudou | Genetics, Biotechnology, and Seed Sciences Unit, University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Idrissou | Ahoudou | Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science Unit (GBioS), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA), University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) | Benin | | |
| Prof. Dr | Igor | Araújo | Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso | Brazil | Excellence in Plant Ecology | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Boris | Timah Acha | Universidade Federal do Piaui | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Talita | Camara | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco | Brazil | Excellence in Plant Ecology | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | ASTRID | MERINO SILVERIO | UNEB CAMPUS III | Brazil | | |
| Mrs | ASTRID | MERINO SILVERIO | UNEB CAMPUS III | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alan Mario | Zuffo | Universidade Estadual do Maranhão | Brazil | Breakthrough Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | PATRICIA | LEAL | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | PATRICIA | LEAL | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | PATRICIA | LEAL | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | | |
| Prof | Jorge Luis Palomino | Tamayo | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr. | Elizanilda | Ramalho do Rêgo | Federal University of Paraiba | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Miklos | Bajay | UDESC | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Siti | Musa | UBD School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darrussalam | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Silviya | Boycheva | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | | |
| Mr. | Nadia | Daskalova | Technical University of Varna, Department Plant Production | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Milena | Hristozova | INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE, AGROTECHNOLOGIES AND PLANT PROTECTION "NIKOLA POUSHKAROV", BULGARIA | Bulgaria | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Svetlana | Velizarova | Medical Univerity Sofia | Bulgaria | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Lachezar | Filchev | SRTI-BAS | Bulgaria | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | SALAMATA | TIENDREBEOGO | Universite Joseph KI-ZERBO | Burkina Faso | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | ALADJI ABATCHOUA MADI | MADI IBRAM | University of Ebolowa | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Christine | Daly | University of Calgary | Canada | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Kpanoga | Kolombia | University of Alberta | Canada | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |