| Mr | Prasada Rao YVSSSV | | Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Kiran Bala | Behura | College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, OUAT, Bhubaneswar | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Harsimran | Kaur | KKIASR, Ganpat University | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | ALADJI ABATCHOUA MADI | MADI IBRAM | University of Ebolowa | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Hanna | Liventseva | Geosciences Barcelona GEO3BCN, CSIC | Spain | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Pervez H. | Zaidi | CGIAR-International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | India | Breakthroughs in Crop Science | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Sonia | Malik | Baba Farid Group of Institutions | India | Excellence in Plant Tissue Culture | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | KAORI | SHIOJIRI | Ryukoku Univ. | Japan | Women Researcher 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 | Paloma | Moncalean | NEIKER | Spain | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Jing | Guo | Zhejiang A&F University | China | Excellence in Plant Ecology | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | dekui | zhang | The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Megersa | Adugna | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Excellence in Research 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 | Ginés Benito | Martínez Hernández | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Tongxin | Wang | Hainan University | China | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Mehdi | Minbashi Moeini | Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection | Iran | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |