| Prof Dr | Shih-Chieh | Hsu | National Sun Yat-sen University/Department of Information Management | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Di | Wang | Peking University | China | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | David | Olanya | Gulu University | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Evans | Wema | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Umair | Riaz | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Mr | Allan | Kan | Mzuzu University | Malawi | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Angela | de Jong | HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | Netherlands | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Mr | Linus | Chaula | Maguvani secondary schools (Makambako TC) | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Lay Huah | Goh | Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University | China | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Prof Dr | Eve | Higginbotham | University of Pennsylania | United States | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Nelson | Chipangamate | Wits Mining Institute | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Asad | Asadzadeh | University of Bonn | Germany | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Hugo | Schmidt Neto | Unisinos University | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Amit | Sharma | Institute of Computer Technologies and Informational Security, Southern Federal University, Russia | Russia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Yaone Duduetsang | Matsagopane | Southwest University China | China | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Sino | George | Emory Healthcare | United States | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Prof | Abbas | Sheikh Aboumasoudi | Islamic Azad University , Najafabad Branch | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Karin | Beland Lindahl | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Adil | Calap | None | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Pau Chung | Leng | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | leadershipglobalawards.com |