| 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 | Mansoureh | Azadeh | Zist Fanavari Novin Biotechnology Institute | Iran | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Shiva | Vaheb Hosseinabadi | Zist Fanavari Novin biotechnology Institute | Iran | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Joseph | Ovwemuvwose | Imperial College | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Gaurav | Raturi | Texas Tech University | United States | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Neslihan | BAL | Gazi University | Turkey | Excellence in Research 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 | Nikolaos | Varotsis | Ionian University | Greece | Plant Biology Leadership Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Linchao | Li | Inner Mongolia Agricultural University | China | Young Innovator Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Melina | Dritsaki | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Shoaib | Zawar | Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan | Pakistan | Innovations in Plant Physiology | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Xiao | Yang | Shandong University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Hanan Samir | Ebrahim | National Research Centere | Egypt | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Marina | Lopez Pozo | University of Colorado, Boulder | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Lydia | Madika | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Getu | Nanesa | Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute | Ethiopia | | |
| Mr | Jubayer Ahmed | Sajid | Aviation and Aerospace University | Bangladesh | | |
| Mr | Miklos | Bajay | UDESC | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |