| Prof Dr | Barbara | Rath | Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Germany | 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pınar | TALAY PINAR | Van Yuzuncu Yil University | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kaiming | Bi | UT Austin | Ebola and Zika Viral Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | waseem | ahmed | Uoh | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | Pakistan | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Ms | Celia | Moffat Joel Matyanga | University of Zimbabwe | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Zimbabwe | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tahmineh | Azizi | University of Wisconsin-Madison | others | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tahmineh | Azizi | University of Wisconsin-Madison | others | United States | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Paolo | Gisondi | University of Verona | Immunology of Infections | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abdulhamit | Subasi | University of Turku | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Finland | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | sobhi | mleyhi | University of Tunis elManar, faculty of medicine of Tunis, La rabta Hospital | Tuberculosis | Tunisia | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Akira | Akabayashi | University of Tokyo | Vaccines and Vaccination | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lebea | Nthunya | University of the Witwatersrand | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr. | Reigner Jay | Escartin | University of the Immaculate Conception | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Philippines | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Josep | Mercader-Barceló | University of the Balearic Islands | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Fuqing | Wu | University of Texas Health Science Center | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Taqi | Raza | University of Tennessee Knoxville | others | United States | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| Dr | Hassan | Etesami | University of Tehran | others | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | CHELLASAMY | PANNEERSELVAM | University of Tabuk | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Saudi Arabia | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Tarig | Alnour | University of Tabuk | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award |