| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mr. | Gaurav | Raturi | Texas Tech University | United States | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mr. | Teodor | Kalpakchiev | Uni Leeds | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Sito-obong | Udofia | Hartpury University | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shafeeq | Rahman | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Viktor | Husak | Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University | Ukraine | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Clare | Mukankusi | Alliance of Bioversity International and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shafiq | Tumusiime | University of Science and Technology of China | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |