| Dr | Wiseman | Ndlovu | African Wildlife Economy Institute, Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ambakisye | Simtoe | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Florence | Matsveru | Cactus Communications | Zimbabwe | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Aude | PERUSSEAU-LAMBERT | NHS | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sa'd | Shannak | Hamad Bin Khalifa University | Qatar | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ilya | Kanaev | Shandong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Sayed Iman | Hosseini | Shahrood University of Technology | Iran | Academic Research and Development |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mei | Song | Jiangsu Normal University | China | Best Scholar Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Haimei | Xie | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Lingshuai | Kong | Shandong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Bora | Demir | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Vahid | Jahangiri | Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Dong-Bin | Kwak | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |