| Prof | Umberto | Triacca | University of L'Aquila | others | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Barbara | Heinze | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ikhlass | El Berbri | Agronomy and Veterinary Hassan II Institute | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Morocco | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Margarete | Teresa Gottardo de Almeida | Medical School of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Florence | Fouque | TDR/WHO | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Switzerland | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Farzaneh | Mohammadi | Isfahan university of medical sciences | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Iran | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Anne-Chantal | Gouget-Laemmel | Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | France | Best Research Award | |
| Mrs | Amanda | Pereira | São Paulo State University | Sepsis, Septicaemia | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | RAYMUNDO RENE | RIVAS | Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Mexico | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Washington | Silva | Universidade Federal da Paraíba | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Nipon | Pisutpaisal | King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok | Microbial Forensics and Molecular Basis of Bacteria | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sontisuk | Teerachaichayut | KMITL | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | José | Senna | Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiologicos BioManguinhos FIOCRUZ | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | Nargis | Shaheen | Quaid-i-Azam university | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Pakistan | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Leonardo | Corecco | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | others | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | IRWIN | DE MENEZES | Regional University of Cariri | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Francesca | Guida | University of Campania | others | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ina | Schuppe Koistinen | Karolinska Institutet | others | Sweden | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Carmen | Wacher | UNAM | Mechanism of Resistance | Mexico | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Edislo | Reguera | Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CICATA-Legaria | others | Mexico | Best Research Award | |