| Prof | Kwaku | Adomako | KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wohor Zakaria | Osman | CSIC- Institute for sustainable agriculture | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Licarion Kunwedomo | Miine | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Ritu | Rani | Julius Kuhn Institute, Quedlinburg | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Bernd | Blasius | Universität Oldenburg | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Andreas | Prokscha | Institute of Digital Signal Processing (DSV), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) | Germany | Best Scholar Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | María del Pilar | Martinez | Universität Bonn-Institut für Zelluläre & Molekulare Botanik (IZMB) | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Mohamed Abd salam | EL Vilaly | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD) | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Moncef | Bouaziz | TU Bergakademie Freiberg | Germany | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Rainer | Hedrich | Shenzhen University SUAT | Germany | Excellence in Innovation Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Stéphane | Maury | University Orléans | France | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Amelie | Saunier | IMBE | France | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Henri | Duval | INRAE GAFL | France | Innovative Plant Genetics Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Pommaret | Jean-Francois | CERMICS/ENPC | France | Lifetime Achievement Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Joseph | Ngatchou-Wandji | Université de Lorraine | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Bernard | Tardy | Clinical Investigation Center, Inserm 1408 | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Angela | Tesse | Nantes Université | France | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Pierre-Olivier | Cheptou | CNRS | France | Plant Biology Leadership Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr. | Shalini | Singh | Fiji National University | Fiji | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Nigusie | Kebede | Ambo University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |