| Dr | Carolina | Pellegrini | University of Pisa | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Andrea Luca | Tasca | University of Pisa | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Haider H. | Dar | University of Pittsburgh | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Ali | Can | University of Portsmouth | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Barbara | Heinze | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Woldegebriel Assefa | Woldegerima | University of Pretoria | Malaria | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sayibu | Muhideen | University of Science and Technology of China | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Naveed | Khan | University of Sharjah | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | United Arab Emirates | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Xueying | YANG | University of South Carolina | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research 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 | |
| Dr | Hassan | Etesami | University of Tehran | others | Iran | 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 | |
| Dr | Lebea | Nthunya | University of the Witwatersrand | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Abdulhamit | Subasi | University of Turku | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Finland | Excellence in Research | |
| Prof | Paolo | Gisondi | University of Verona | Immunology of Infections | Italy | 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 | |
| Ms | Celia | Moffat Joel Matyanga | University of Zimbabwe | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Zimbabwe | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | waseem | ahmed | Uoh | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | Pakistan | Outstanding Scientist Award | |