| Dr | عثمان | الحوشبي | جامعة عدن - كلية العلوم - قسم علوم الحياة | Yemen | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Antonio | Morabito | Università mediterranea di Reggio Calabria | Italy | | |
| Prof. Dr | Angela | Tesse | Nantes Université | France | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | OANA | ALEXANDRU | University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova | Romania | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Luis | Puelles | Universidad de Murcia e IMIB | Spain | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Zikhona | Tywabi-Ngeva | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Zikhona | Tywabi-Ngeva | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Cristina | Cruz | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | | |
| Dr | Cristina | Cruz | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Patrícia | Rijo | Lusofona University | Portugal | Women Researcher 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 | Akbota | Kabayeva | Eurasian National University | Kazakhstan | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Licarion Kunwedomo | Miine | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Jubayer Ahmed | Sajid | Aviation and Aerospace University | Bangladesh | | |
| Mrs | Zemenu | Awoke | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Viktor | Husak | Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University | Ukraine | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sito-obong | Udofia | Hartpury University | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | changlu | hu | Northwest A&F University | China | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Onyemaechi John Nnamani | Nigeria | Federal University of Technology Akure | Nigeria | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | Rana Muhammad Amir | Gulzar | Zhejiang University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Ashraf | El-Shamy | Ain Shams University | Egypt | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Deborah | Onyancha | University of Nairobi | Kenya | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Ruben | Budău | University of Oradea | Romania | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Xiang-hua | Song | University of Jinan | China | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Getu | Nanesa | Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute | Ethiopia | | |