| Dr | Daniele | Castro | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Mario Henry | Rodriguez | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública | Malaria | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Delano | DIas Schleder | Instituto Federal Catarinense, Araquari campus | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | José | Senna | Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiologicos BioManguinhos FIOCRUZ | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research 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 | |
| Dr | Agustín | Ciapponi | Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS-CONICET) | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Argentina | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Md. | Abdul Halim | Institute of Science Trade and Technology, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh | others | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Katerina | Trejbalova | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Chelea | Matchawe | Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Cameroon | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Peter Mac | Asaga | Institute of Human Virology, University medical Centre, FREIBURG | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Saša | Đurović | Institute of General and Physical Chemistry | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yulia | Desheva | Institute of Experimental Medicine (RAS) | Immunology of Infections | Russia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Imran | Hashmi | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology | others | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Manh Hung | Nguyen | Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Vietnam | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Tatiana | Volova | Institute of Biophysics Siberian Branch of RAS | others | Russia | Best Research Award | |
| Prof. | Yang | Cheng | Institute for Prevention and Control of Tropical Diseases and Chronic Diseases, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Malaria | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr. | Nada | Cujic Nikolic | Institute for Medicinal Plants research Dr. Josif Pančić | Antibiotic Alternatives: Phage Therapy and Beyond | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mr | Sen | Ma | Institute for Economic and Social Research Jinan University | others | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Anai | García Fariñas | Institute Finlay | Vaccines and Vaccination | Cuba | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Idrissa | Diedhiou | Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricole/ Centre de Recherches Océanographes de Dakar Thiaroye | others | Senegal | Best Researcher Award | |