| Dr | Bèwadéyir Serge | Poda | Instiut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé | Burkina Faso | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Medical Entomology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pierre | Eke | Eke Pierre, Lecturer-Scientist, Department of Crop production Technology, College of Technology, University of Bamenda | Cameroon | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | plant protection under climate change | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yoganie | Yemo Ngouegni | Université de Dschang | Cameroon | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Phytopathologie | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Francis | ATEBA NDONGO | Chantal Biya Foundation | Cameroon | Other | Epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent HIV | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anicet Feudjio | Tiabou | University of Buea | Cameroon | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Environmental Geosciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Dake | Qi | University of Manitoba | Canada | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Metabolism | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Samantha | Yee | CReATe Fertility Centre | Canada | Health Professions | Assisted human reproduction, psychosocial research | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Norman | Lotter | Flowsheets Metallurgical Consulting Inc. | Canada | Engineering | Flowsheet Development | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vincent | Desaulniers Brousseau | McGill University | Canada | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Life-cycle assessments | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Naailah | Mahamoodally | Concordia University | Canada | Energy | Explainable AI, Transfer Learning, Energy Efficiency, Smart Buildings, Occupancy estimation | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Poblete | Universidad Católica del Norte | Chile | Engineering | Ingeniería ambiental | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tarik | Hadibi | Yunnan Normal University/School of Energy Research Insitute | China | Energy | Energy in agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wentao | Hu | Ural Federal University | China | Energy | Building Heating and Solar Energy Utilization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Naveed | Mushtaq | Southeast University Nanjing | China | Energy | Electrochemical Energy devices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shan | Du | Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Social Sciences | Management Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaotong | Li | Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Social Sciences | Management Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Wan | Le | China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Other | Geology, Tectonic, Petrology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nian | Zhang | School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Soochow University | China | Physics and Astronomy | Holography, image, and diffractive optics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Rujing | Zha | University of Science and Technology of China | China | Medicine and Dentistry | Psychiatry and Mental Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhi-gang | Zheng | School of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology | China | Materials Science | soft matter, optical materials, liquid crystals | Best Researcher Award |