| Ms | Nosheen | Akhtar | PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Arya | Gupta | Michigan State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Fazileh | Esmaeili | National institute of genetic engineering and biotechnology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Andriy | Kovalenko | University of Alberta | Canada | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | omid | bamshad | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sina | Ketabi | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Hossein | Zargar | The University of British Columbia | Canada | Excellence in Research | |
| Mr | Khamisi | Musanje | Makerere University | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Marcia | Ernesto | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Beston | Musoma | Institute of Rural Development Planning | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mathias | Tembo | Zambia Agricultural Research Institute | Zambia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Tao | Li | East China Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ahmed | A. Sedik | National Research centre | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Takele Sambeto | Bibi | Madda Walabu University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mbuso | Faya | University of Kwazulu-Natal | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Huijie | Wang | Yangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Rasool | Erfani | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohammad. R | Salmanpour | BC Cancer Research Center | Canada | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Jingbo | LIANG | City University of Hong Kong | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria | Krentz | Southern Health | Canada | Best Researcher Award | |