| Mr. | Hanna | Liventseva | Geosciences Barcelona GEO3BCN, CSIC | Spain | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Pervez H. | Zaidi | CGIAR-International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | India | Breakthroughs in Crop Science | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Sonia | Malik | Baba Farid Group of Institutions | India | Excellence in Plant Tissue Culture | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | KAORI | SHIOJIRI | Ryukoku Univ. | Japan | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yu | Peng | Minzu University of China | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wenbin | Zhang | Kunming University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Paloma | Moncalean | NEIKER | Spain | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jing | Guo | Zhejiang A&F University | China | Excellence in Plant Ecology | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | dekui | zhang | The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Megersa | Adugna | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Joseph | Ngatchou-Wandji | Université de Lorraine | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dawit | Dibekulu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Janéne | Strydom | ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Li | Sui | Institute of Plant Protection, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Zitong | Gao | School of Nursing, Dalian University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Naser | Safaie | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Hyun Je | Oh | KiCT/UST | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Guanghao | Li | Yangzhou University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Ginés Benito | Martínez Hernández | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Tongxin | Wang | Hainan University | China | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Mehdi | Minbashi Moeini | Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection | Iran | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jianglong | Li | College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Ezzeddine | Mosbah | King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Angela | Hecimovic | The University of Sydney Business School | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | San Nyunt | Nan | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |