| Mr | Taqi | Raza | University of Tennessee Knoxville | others | United States | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) | |
| Dr | Edislo | Reguera | Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CICATA-Legaria | others | Mexico | Best Research Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Jianan | Ren | Research Institute of General Surgery, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China | Sepsis, Septicaemia | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Julian Andres | Rengifo Herrera | CONICET | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | LILIAN | RICCIO | FIOCRUZ | Malaria | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Yuval | Rinkevich | helmholtz Center, Munich | others | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | RAYMUNDO RENE | RIVAS | Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Mexico | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | André | Rocha | Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tina | Rochelle | City University of Hong Kong | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Juan | Rodriguez | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Tuberculosis | Colombia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Mario Henry | Rodriguez | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública | Malaria | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Amanda | Rodriguez Betancourt | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO | Surgical Site Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mr | Anisio Iuri | Rosario | Universidade Federal Fluminense | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Agata | Rosińska | Czestochowa University of Technology | others | Poland | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | OLAYEMI HAFEEZ | RUFAI | University of San Francisco | Vaccines and Vaccination | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Snezhana | Rusinova-Videva | The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology-BAS | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mohamed | Saadh | Middle East University, Amman, Jordan | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Jordan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Ruxana | Sadikot | Ruxana T Sadikot, MD, MRCP(UK), Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Farzad | Safari | Isfahan University of Medical Siences | Microbial Forensics and Molecular Basis of Bacteria | Iran | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. | Omid | Safari | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Iran | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |