| Dr | Mather | Khan | University of Missouri | United States | Food Security and Nutrition | Iron homeostasis in plants | Best Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |
| Mr | Asamoah | Zadok | Lincoln University of Missouri | United States | Sustainable Agriculture | Agribusiness, Local Food Systems, and Agricultural Policy | SustainableAg Leadership Award | agriscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jehangir | Bhadha | University of Florida | United States | Soil Science & Management | Soil Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Clay | Sneller | The Ohio State University | United States | Crop Science & Breeding | Plant Breeding | Best Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Navdeep | Singh | Western Kentucky University | United States | Sustainable Agriculture | Soil Conservation | Best Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Marina | Lopez-Pozo | University of Colorado Boulder | United States | Sustainable Agriculture | Climate change mitigation | Research Excellence Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Poonam | Karki | Lincoln University of Missouri | United States | Sustainable Agriculture | Soil Science and Sustainable Agriculture, with a focus on soil health, soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, microbial ecology, and cover crop–based management in organic and climate-resilient agricultural systems. | SustainableAg Leadership Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Roman | Husnik | The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine | United States | Others | Veterinary medicine, Gut Microbiota | Excellence in Research Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Hattie | Makumbe | Kentucky State University | United States | Sustainable Agriculture | Urban Agriculture | Research Excellence Award | agriscientist.org |
| Dr | Patrick Ben Emoi | Otema | Florida International University | United States | Agroecology | Agriculture | Innovative Research Award | agriscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Khabibjon | Kushiev | Scientific Reserach Institute of Agrobiotechnologies and Biochemistry of Gulistan State University | Uzbekistan | Regenerative Agriculture | Molecular biotechnology | Research Excellence Award | agriscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Amer | Mahdi | Sana'a University | Yemen | Others | Food Additives & Ingredients | Best Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Musaida Mercy | Manyuchi | SustainableTech Environmental Management Company | Zimbabwe | Biofertilizers & Biopesticides | Vermicomposting of agrowaste to bio fertilisers | Women Researcher Award | agriscientist.org |