| Dr | Christine | Daly | University of Calgary | Canada | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Christos | Chatzissavvidis | Democritus University of Thrace | Greece | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Chun-Jing | Si | Tarim University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Chunsheng | Yang | NCWU | China | | |
| Mr. | CHUNSONG | CHENG | Lushan Botanical Garden, CAS & Jiangxi Province | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Claire | Grootboom | University of the Western Cape/Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | | |
| Ms | Claire | Grootboom | University of the Western Cape/Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Clare | Mukankusi | Alliance of Bioversity International and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Consuelo | Sendino | CSIC, MNCN | Spain | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Cristina | Cruz | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Cristina | Cruz | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal | | |
| Dr | Csilla | Stenger-Kovács | University of Pannonia | Hungary | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dalrene Teresa Keerthika | James | South and City College Birmingham | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dan | Tong | Tsinghua University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Dani | Sarsekova | Kazakh National Agrarian Research University | Kazakhstan | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Đani | Bencic | University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture | Croatia | Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Đani | Bencic | University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture | Croatia | | |
| Mrs | Daniela | Riffo Agurto | Forestal Mininco SPA | Chile | | |
| Dr | Danielle Christelle | TINAK EKOM | Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) | Cameroon | | |
| Prof. Dr | david | coldwell | Wits | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | David | Fenner | University of North Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Dawit | Dibekulu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dazhi | Yang | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | DEBASHIS | NATH | Yunnan University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Debashree | Borthakur | Assam Don Bosco University | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |