| Dr | Anita | Hasler | University Hospital Balgrist | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Switzerland | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Awatef | Taktak | University Hospital Habib Bourguiba of Sfax | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Edel | Noriega Álvarez | University Hospital of Ciudad Real | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Wafa | Tombari | University Hospital of Sahloul, Sousse | Development of New Vaccines | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | ABBOUBAKAR | Hamadjam | University Institute of Technology/The University of Ngaoundéré | others | Cameroon | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Sangeeta | Tiwari | University of Texas at El Paso | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sylvester | Obeta | University of Abuja | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Nigeria | Excellence in Research | |
| Prof Dr | Michael | Okoh | University of Abuja | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nigeria | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Farouk | Laabassi | University of Batna-1 | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Filip | Štrbac | University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | VANESSA | CRUVINEL | University of Brasilia | others | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Michael | Donadelli | University of Brescia | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Leili | Abkar | University of British Columbia | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Canada | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Deming | Sun | University of California, Los Angeles | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Lin | Jiang | University of California, Los Angeles | Neuro Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Pedram | Keshavarz | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Hepatitis | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Jennifer | Le | University of California, San Diego Skaggs school of Pharmacy | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Childhood Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mr. | Ademola | Aiyenuro | University of Cambridge | Immunology of Infections | United Kingdom | Best Research Article Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Francesca | Guida | University of Campania | others | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Christian Kweku | Adokoh | University of Cape Coast | Malaria | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | |