| Mr. | Mustapha | El Janati | IAV Hassan II | Morocco | Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Albert Novas | Somanje | Ministry of Agriculture | Zambia | Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yu | Peng | Minzu University of China | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wenbin | Zhang | Kunming University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Joseph | Ngatchou-Wandji | Université de Lorraine | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dawit | Dibekulu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Janéne | Strydom | ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Li | Sui | Institute of Plant Protection, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Zitong | Gao | School of Nursing, Dalian University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Naser | Safaie | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Hyun Je | Oh | KiCT/UST | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Guanghao | Li | Yangzhou University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jianglong | Li | College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Ezzeddine | Mosbah | King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Angela | Hecimovic | The University of Sydney Business School | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | San Nyunt | Nan | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Bernard | Tardy | Clinical Investigation Center, Inserm 1408 | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jelena | Zagorska | Latvia university of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Joseph | Ovwemuvwose | Imperial College | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Junseop | Shin | School of Psychology, Korea University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dimitrios | Adamis | HSE | Ireland | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Moncef | Bouaziz | TU Bergakademie Freiberg | Germany | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xiao | Yang | Shandong University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Alihan | Katlav | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Marina | Lopez Pozo | University of Colorado, Boulder | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |