| Dr | Shahina | Akter | Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Re | Vaccines and Vaccination | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Onasis Tharcisse Adetumi | Guedegbe | World Bank | others | Benin | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohamed Ragab | AbdelGawwad | International University of Sarajevo | others | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Force Tefo | Thema | Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Botswana | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Delano | DIas Schleder | Instituto Federal Catarinense, Araquari campus | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | LUCIANO | GOMES | Federal University of Mato Grosso | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Selwyn | Headley | Universidade Estadual de Londrina | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Prof Dr | Margarete | Teresa Gottardo de Almeida | Medical School of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Mrs | Amanda | Pereira | São Paulo State University | Sepsis, Septicaemia | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Ms | Mariana | Ferreira | Federal University of Bahia | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fabio | Formiga | FIOCRUZ/UPE | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Washington | Silva | Universidade Federal da Paraíba | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Marco | Gontijo | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | José | Senna | Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiologicos BioManguinhos FIOCRUZ | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Cé | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daniele | Castro | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Anisio Iuri | Rosario | Universidade Federal Fluminense | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | André | Rocha | Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Leonardo | Corecco | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | others | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Prof Dr | IRWIN | DE MENEZES | Regional University of Cariri | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award |