| Dr | Licarion Kunwedomo | Miine | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Akbota | Kabayeva | Eurasian National University | Kazakhstan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Esteban Ismael | Meza Torres | Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (Fundación Miguel Lillo - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) | Argentina | Best Paper Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Patrícia | Rijo | Lusofona University | Portugal | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Cristina | Cruz | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Zikhona | Tywabi-Ngeva | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | | |
| Dr | Zikhona | Tywabi-Ngeva | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luis | Puelles | Universidad de Murcia e IMIB | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | OANA | ALEXANDRU | University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova | Romania | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Antonio | Morabito | Università mediterranea di Reggio Calabria | Italy | | |
| Dr | عثمان | الحوشبي | جامعة عدن - كلية العلوم - قسم علوم الحياة | Yemen | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Pierre-Olivier | Cheptou | CNRS | France | Plant Biology Leadership Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Chang | Meng | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Pei | Zhang | Henan Institute of Science and Technology | China | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Hajer | Ben Ammar | AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA | Slovenia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Patrícia | Rijo | Lusofona University | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Yongqiang | Yuan | Key Laboratory ofKarst Georesources andEnvironment, Ministry ofEducation, College ofResources andEnvironmental Engineering, Guizhou University, | China | Excellence in Soil-Plant Relations | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Kelsey | Fisher | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | United States | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sandeep | Pandey | ICFRE, Dehradun, (UK) India | India | Distinguished Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Jing | Ming | Beacon Science & Consulting | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Lachezar | Filchev | SRTI-BAS | Bulgaria | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Fnu | Shumayla | University of Maryland | United States | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Akeem | Akinfenwa | Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria | Nigeria | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sein | Lai Lai Aung | Yangtze University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Tuğba | Eroğlu | Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University | Turkey | | |