| Mr. | Shafeeq | Rahman | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Eric | Machisi | UAE Ministry of Education | United Arab Emirates | | |
| 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 |
| Mr. | Dalrene Teresa Keerthika | James | South and City College Birmingham | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Joseph | Ovwemuvwose | Imperial College | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Teodor | Kalpakchiev | Uni Leeds | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sito-obong | Udofia | Hartpury University | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Nanxi | Li | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | | |
| Mr. | Danna | Abraham | Alliant International University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Arthur M. | Feldman | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | Ann Lee | Miller | Grand Canyon University | United States | | |
| Mr. | Holly | Neibergs | Washington State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | David | Fenner | University of North Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Nabil | Killiny | University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Marina | Kalyuzhnaya | San Diego State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Michael | Schatz | Johns Hopkins University | United States | | |
| Mr | Angel | Rodriguez | Harvard University | United States | | |
| Mr. | Valeisha | Ellis | Spelman College | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Alicia | Foxx | Chicago Botanic Garden | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Michael | Neff | Washington State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Rattan | Lal | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | John | Carethers | UC San Diego | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |