| Assist Prof Dr | Mohammad | Khalid | King Khalid University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Shabbab | Alhammadi | Vice Rectorate for Facilities and Operation, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia. | others | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Niyaz | Ahmad | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms. | Raghad | Battan | KAUH | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Edib | Smolo | Effat University | others | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Idrissa | Diedhiou | Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricole/ Centre de Recherches Océanographes de Dakar Thiaroye | others | Senegal | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Ibrahima | Diouf | Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal / University of Labé, Guinea | Malaria | Senegal | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Saša | Đurović | Institute of General and Physical Chemistry | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sladjana | Pavic | General Hospital Uzice | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Filip | Štrbac | University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Serbia | 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 | Bingxu | Li | Nanyang Technological University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Singapore | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Brenda | Tang | Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Singapore | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Barbara | Heinze | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Woldegebriel Assefa | Woldegerima | University of Pretoria | Malaria | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Samson | Agberotimi | North-West University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Berushka | Padayachee | University of Kwa Zulu Natal | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lebea | Nthunya | University of the Witwatersrand | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Olaide | Oyelade | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yegnanew A | Shiferaw | Department of Statistics, University of Johannesburg | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |