| Dr | Luca Johann | Wachtendorf | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Anesthesiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Milos | Kojic | Houston Methodist Research Institute | United States | Engineering | Computational Modeling/Finite Element Method/Software Development | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | M. Rafael | Salaberry | Rice university | United States | Arts and Humanities | Linguistics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kristen | White | Northern Michigan University | United States | Arts and Humanities | Teacher Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Douglas | Evans | Medical College of Wisconsin | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Surgery | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Guanhu | Yang | Ohio University | United States | Health Professions | Acupuncture | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Andrew | Miller | Duke University | United States | Engineering | Biomedical Engineering/Surgical Device | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ron | Waksman | MedStar Health | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Loren | Babcock | The Ohio State University | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Paleontology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | JAMES | TOYIN | auburn university | United States | Other | Construction | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ebenezer | Oni | Auburn University | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | diabetes and obesity | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Scheherazade | Le | Stanford | United States | Neuroscience | Epilepsy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Sai Venkatesh | Chilukoti | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | United States | Computer Science | Machine Learning Privacy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Linda | Tomasso | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | United States | Environmental Science | Environmental Health | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hannah | Regis | Howard University | United States | Arts and Humanities | POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE, ENGLISH | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Amy Miner | Ross | OHSU | United States | Nursing and Health Professions | forest immersion therapy, immunology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Abu | Shonchoy | Florida International University | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Health | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shahid | Iqbal | University of Florida | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Horticultural Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Mohammad | Aladaileh | UF Health Shand's Hospital | United States | Health Professions | Thoracic and lung transplant surgery | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Adeeba | Raheem | The University of Texas at El Paso | United States | Engineering | Civil/Construction Engineering | Excellence in Academia Award | View Profile |