| Dr | Alberto | Cordero | Hospital Universitario de San Juan | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Spain | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Deyani | Nocedo-Mena | Autonomous University of Nuevo Léon | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Barbara | Heinze | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Florence | Fouque | TDR/WHO | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Switzerland | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Sonal Sekhar | Miraj | Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Anne-Chantal | Gouget-Laemmel | Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | France | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Wilson | Kaumbata | Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Malawi | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Fabio | Formiga | FIOCRUZ/UPE | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hsin-Yao | Wang | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Woldegebriel Assefa | Woldegerima | University of Pretoria | Malaria | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ochuko | Orakpoghenor | Ahmadu Bello University | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sulyman | Salawu | Landmark University | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Nigeria | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) | |
| Dr | Samson | Agberotimi | North-West University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zachary | Silver | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sylvester | Obeta | University of Abuja | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Nigeria | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Zahra | Mohammad | Texas A&M University | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | PRAKASHA | KEMPAIAH | Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Abdulfatai | Momoh | Modibbo Adama University of Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nigeria | Best Researcher 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 | |