| Dr | Serdar | TOPRAK | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seda | Arslan | Süleyman Demirel University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Birsen | Cevher-Keskin | The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hakan | Kibar | Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hayati | Zengin | Faculty of Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Şenol | Çelik | Bingöl University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Azime | Gökçe | Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Neslihan | BAL | Gazi University | Turkey | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | İzzet | Özhamamcı | Ardahan University | Turkey | 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 |
| Mr. | Viktor | Husak | Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University | Ukraine | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shafeeq | Rahman | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher 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 |