| Mrs | Débora | Gutierrez | University of the Azores | Portugal | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zhengtao | Gan | The University of Texas at El Paso | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Abdinur Ali | Mohamed | SIMAD UNIVERSITY | Somalia | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Sarah | McCarthey | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Claudio | Celentano | University of Chieti-Pescara - ASL Pescara | Italy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yun-Ju | Lee | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhiyuan | Sun | Yangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ugonna | NKWUNONWO | Department of Management | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Shih-Chieh | Hsu | National Sun Yat-sen University/Department of Information Management | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Marina | Grgic | University of Teacher Education Bern | Switzerland | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Di | Wang | Peking University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yuanhong | Hu | Anhui Agricultural University | China | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Dr | Evans | Wema | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Umair | Riaz | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Allan | Kan | Mzuzu University | Malawi | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Angela | de Jong | HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | Netherlands | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Linus | Chaula | Maguvani secondary schools (Makambako TC) | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Lay Huah | Goh | Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Eve | Higginbotham | University of Pennsylania | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Tiffany D. | Baffour | University of Utah | United States | Best Faculty Award | View Profile |