| Dr | Mather | Khan | University of Missouri | United States | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Marzena | Kurowska | University of Silesia in Katowice | Poland | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Martha | Sheepo | University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Marisol | Monterrubio Velasco | Barcelona Supercomputing Center | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Marina | Lopez Pozo | University of Colorado, Boulder | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Marina | Kalyuzhnaya | San Diego State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Maria Laura | Carrevedo | IEB | Chile | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | María del Pilar | Martinez | Universität Bonn-Institut für Zelluläre & Molekulare Botanik (IZMB) | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Manuela Kristin | Gunther | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Mansoureh | Azadeh | Zist Fanavari Novin Biotechnology Institute | Iran | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | MANJULA | SHANTARAM | A.J.Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Manjul | Dhiman | K L DAV PG College, University | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Manisha | Thapliyal | Patanjali Research Foundation | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Manish | Kumar | Delhi technological University, Delhi | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Mallesham | Bulle | Lousiana State University | United States | Outstanding Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Mahtab | Shiravi | University of florence | Italy | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Madhusmita | Sahu | SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi-NCR Campus | India | Young Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Madhab Chandra | Jena | BPUT | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Lydia | Madika | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luisa | Pozzo | IBBA-CNR | Italy | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luis | Puelles | Universidad de Murcia e IMIB | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luciana Carla | Silvestri | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Lixi | Jiang | Zhejiang University | China | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Ling | Leng | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Linchao | Li | Inner Mongolia Agricultural University | China | Young Innovator Award | plantscientist.org |