| 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 | 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 |
| Mr | Bernard | Tardy | Clinical Investigation Center, Inserm 1408 | France | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Jelena | Zagorska | Latvia university of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Joseph | Ovwemuvwose | Imperial College | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Junseop | Shin | School of Psychology, Korea University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Dimitrios | Adamis | HSE | Ireland | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Moncef | Bouaziz | TU Bergakademie Freiberg | Germany | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Xiao | Yang | Shandong University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Alihan | Katlav | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University | Australia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Marina | Lopez Pozo | University of Colorado, Boulder | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Lydia | Madika | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Teodor | Kalpakchiev | Uni Leeds | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Nawal | AlHajaj | National Agricultural Research Center NARC | Jordan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Hammad Ahmad | Jan | University of Buner | Pakistan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Ali | Khourgami | Department of Agronomy,Khor.C.,Islamic Azad University,Khorrabad,Iran. | Iran | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Asabeneh | Munuyee | Ethiopian Forestry Developmnet, Bahir Dar Center | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |