| Dr | Rosa M | Garcinuño | UNED | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rubab | Sarfraz | Gyeongsang National University | South Korea | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yeongmi | Jang | Chungnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Palo Francis | Loke | University of the Free State | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tlou | Masehela | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Vladimír | Langraf | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nadine | Worou | ILRI | Senegal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjida | Haque | Prince Sultan University | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kuradusenge | Martin | University of Rwanda | Rwanda | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vladimir | Verzhuk | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Gentic Resources (VIR) St. Petersburg, Russia | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Надежда | Верховцева | МГУ ( Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Andrey | Smagin | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Filip | Ilie | Polytechnic University of Bucharest | Romania | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Marius Gheorghe | Dolis | Iasi University of Life Sciences | Romania | Top Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Inês | Mansinhos | University of Algarve | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Monika | Skowrońska | Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Barbara | Wiewióra | Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Barbara | Sawicka | University of Life Sciences in Lublin | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Harry Ricardo | Yucra Condori | SAINT AGUSTIN UNIVERSITY | Peru | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhammad | Faheem | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |