| Mr | Mohammad | Omar Faruk | Noakhali Science and Technology University | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abhijit Mallik | | ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | María | Alvarenga | University of Pernambuco | Noscomial Infections, Hospital Acquired Infections, Health Care Associated Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Nethmini | Samaradiwakara | Chiang Mai University | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yuri | Voziyanov | Louisiana Tech University | others | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | tunç | özen | Istanbul Medeniyet University | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Childhood Infectious Diseases | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yun | Wei | Civil Aviation University of China | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Geofrey | Amanya | Infectious Diseases Institute / Ministry of Health | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Uganda | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | asena | taşgıt | ankara bilkent city hospital | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Turkey | 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 |
| Dr | Yuval | Rinkevich | helmholtz Center, Munich | others | Germany | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Takele Tesgera | Hurisa | National veterinary institute | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Huanjun | Li | Shandong Marine Resource & Environment Institute | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wei | Jiang | Medical University of South Carolina | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mahsa | Naseri | Monash University - Civil Engineering Department | others | Australia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nadia | Todorova | National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos" | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Greece | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hem Raj | Pandey | Kathmandu University | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Nepal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Akira | Akabayashi | University of Tokyo | Vaccines and Vaccination | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Teshager | Dubie | Samara University | Immunology of Infections | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | José-María | García-Carrasco | University of Malaga | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Spain | Best Researcher Award |