| Mr. | Hina | Ashraf | The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Temitope | Folorunso | Auburn University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Saliha | Ahmad | Case Western Reserve University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Mallesham | Bulle | Lousiana State University | United States | | |
| Mr. | Mallesham | Bulle | Lousiana State University | United States | Outstanding Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Stephanie | Coronado | University of South Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Juan Carlos | Fernandez Cadena | Brigham and Women´s Hospital - Harvard Medical School | United States | Editorial Board Member | |
| Mr | Gaurav | Raturi | Texas Tech University | United States | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Suraj | Yadav | Mississippi State University | United States | | |
| Dr | Leonel | Lagos | Florida International University | United States | | |
| Dr | Kelsey | Fisher | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Sai Suvidh | Maddela | University of Nebraska Lincoln | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Johns | Saji | AgriPlex | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Shumayla | | University of Maryland | United States | | |
| Dr | Fnu | Shumayla | University of Maryland | United States | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Guodong | Liu | University of Florida | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Sai Prakash | Naroju | Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Ibrahim | Musa | New York Medical College | United States | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Puranjit | Singh | University of Delaware | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Puranjit | Singh | University of Delaware | United States | Emerging Plant Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Puranjit | Singh | Auburn University | United States | | |
| Mr. | Manuela Kristin | Gunther | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Gibbon Innocent Tirivanhu | Masukwedza | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Gibbon Innocent Tirivanhu | Masukwedza | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | | |
| Mr. | Kamran | Ghasemzadeh | university of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |