| Prof. Dr. | Amelia Pilar | Rauter | Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Barbara | Rath | Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Akshay | Rao | University of Minnesota | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Mukovhe | Rammela | University of Pretoria | Global Health and Infectious Disease Burden | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. | Amitis | Ramezani | Pasteur Institute of Iran | Vaccines and Vaccination | Iran | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Abdul Rahman | Ramdzan | Universiti Malaysia Sabah | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ishwarya | Ramachandran | CMFRI | Immunology of Infections | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Patrick | Rakau | Agricultural Research Council | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Deepani Upeka | Rajawardana | Industrial Technology Institute | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Shima | Rahmani | Islamic Azad University | Development of New Vaccines | Iran | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Mr | Mati ur | Rahman | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Siddiq ur | Rahman | Department of Computer Science & Bioinformatics, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria del Valle | Rafo | Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional- Universidad Nacional de Salta | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Abdollah | Rafiei | Ahvaz Jundishapur Medical Science University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Iran | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr. | Athena | Rafieepour | Iran University of Medical Sciences | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Iran | Women Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Héctor | Rabal | Optics Research Center | others | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Naveeda | Qureshi | Quaid-i-Azam University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Pakistan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Suhair | Qudsieh | Yarmouk University | others | Jordan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Fufa | Qu | Changsha University | Immunology of Infections | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Peiwu | Qin | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |