| Mr | Ali Raza | Shaikh | TU Darmstadt | Germany | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Muhammad Imran | Asghar | State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sonia | Abdennadher | The Higher Colleges of Technology | United Arab Emirates | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Olatunde | Olatunji | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Faezeh | Parastesh | University of Manitoba | Canada | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Arezoo | Taghizadeh-Toosi | Danish Technological Institute | Denmark | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Akbar | Rahimi | University of Tabriz | Iran | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ferenc | Ötvös | Biological Research Centre, Szeged | Hungary | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Caoming | Fan | Tsinghua University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Lu | Hongbin | State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ming-Jui | Hung | Chang Gung Medical Foundation | Taiwan | Lifetime Achievement Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Taoufik | Alsaadi | ACPN | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Diana | Dorobantu | ISFA/Université Lyon 1 | France | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Winfried | Menninghaus | Max-Planck Institute of Empirical Aesthetics | Germany | Outstanding Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Eleni | Efthimiadou | NKUA | Greece | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mohamed | Amen | Adelaide University (University of South Australia, formerly) | Australia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Julie | Leignadier | Lucas Meyer Cosmetics by Clariant | France | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Wang | Qiushun | Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics and Estuary | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | San Nyunt | Nan | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sylvia | Bele | Universitätsklinikum Regensburg Klinik für Neurochirurgie | Germany | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |