| Prof | Elena | Ivanova | RMIT University | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Australia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Andrea Luca | Tasca | University of Pisa | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yolande Therese Rose | Proroga | IZS MEZZOGIORNO | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Francesca | Guida | University of Campania | others | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Carolina | Pellegrini | University of Pisa | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | IRWIN | DE MENEZES | Regional University of Cariri | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Leonardo | Corecco | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | others | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | André | Rocha | Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Anisio Iuri | Rosario | Universidade Federal Fluminense | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Daniele | Castro | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Nargis | Shaheen | Quaid-i-Azam university | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Pakistan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Cé | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | 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 | |
| Mr | Marco | Gontijo | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kraichat | Tantrakarnapa | Mahidol University | others | Thailand | Best Faculty Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sontisuk | Teerachaichayut | KMITL | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Abdulfatai | Momoh | Modibbo Adama University of Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | PRAKASHA | KEMPAIAH | Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Nipon | Pisutpaisal | King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok | Microbial Forensics and Molecular Basis of Bacteria | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Zahra | Mohammad | Texas A&M University | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |