| Dr | Consuelo | Sendino | CSIC, MNCN | Spain | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Svitlana | Plokhovska | University San Pablo CEU | Spain | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Gustavo | Cáceres | Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Medioambiental (IMIDA) | Spain | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jorge | Villafañe | Universidad Europea de Madrid | Spain | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Catalina | Cabañas | Universidad de Extremadura | Spain | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jose L. | Gonzalez-Andujar | CSIC | Spain | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Hanna | Liventseva | Geosciences Barcelona GEO3BCN, CSIC | Spain | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Paloma | Moncalean | NEIKER | Spain | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Paloma | Moncalean | NEIKER | Spain | Editorial Board Member | |
| Mr | Ginés Benito | Martínez Hernández | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Marina | Lopez Pozo | University of Colorado, Boulder | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luis | Puelles | Universidad de Murcia e IMIB | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | MARTA I. | SALUDES ZANFAÑO | University of Salamanca | Spain | | |
| Ms | MEVUNI SARADA | JAYATHILAKA | Faculty of Technology, University of Ruhuna | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Adane | Gebeyehu | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jean-Baptiste | Thomas | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Winifred Ayinpogbilla | Atiah | Stockholm University | Sweden | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Abdulsami | Hanano | Atomic Energy Commission of Syria | Syria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Wen-Hsin | Chung | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan | Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | San Nyunt | Nan | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Sabiha | Ramadani | National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan | Taiwan | Plant Pathology Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Hui-Chen | Wu | Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Sabas | Patrick | Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Kastory | Mbunda | The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy | Tanzania | Young Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Haji | Muhammad | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand | | |