| Dr | Sherry | Courtney | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Neonatology | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Neha | Shakelly | Purdue University | United States | Engineering | Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | KULDEEP | SHARMA | Dura-Bond Industry | United States | Engineering | Non destructive testing | Corporate Visionary Award |
| Dr | Ivis | Garcia | Texas A&M | United States | Other | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Linda | Darling-Hammond | Learning Policy Institute | United States | Social Sciences | Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhenqiang | Wang | Oregon State University | United States | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | James | Baumgartner | Advent Health Orlando | United States | Neuroscience | Autologous stem cell translational research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | David | Stewart | Loyola Marymount University | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mia | Shaw | NYU | United States | Other | Learning sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shashishekhar | Ramagundam | Comcast | United States | Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Ting | Shen | Missouri University of Science and Technology | United States | Social Sciences | Education/Quantitative Methods | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Teresa | Rinker | General Motors | United States | Engineering | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Saeed | Bozorgmehr Nia | Iowa state university | United States | Engineering | civil engineering, construction materials | Best Research Article Award |
| Prof Dr | Kudrat | Kuchkarov | Physical-Technical Institute | Uzbekistan | Materials Science | thin films deposition and research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Loi | TRAN | Can Tho Univerisity | Vietnam | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Functional morphology of fish | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Tu | Le | Phenikaa University | Vietnam | Materials Science | Metallurgy | Excellence in Research Award |