| Assoc Prof Dr | VANESSA | CRUVINEL | University of Brasilia | others | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Fabrício Marcus | Oliveira | Federal University of Minas Gerais | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Karen | Sánchez | UFPel | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Rosana | Jafelice | Federal University of Uberlândia | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Prof | CLAUDIA | MERMELSTEIN | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Thelma | Okay | Schoo of medicine and Institute of Tropical Medicine/University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Research Award |
| Prof Dr | Fabrício | de Melo | IMS-UFBA | others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Edilson | Alencar-Filho | Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Elizabeth Aparecida | Ferraz da Silva Torres | Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo | others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Marcela | Carneiro-Ramos | Federal University of ABC | others | Brazil | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Mrs | María | Alvarenga | University of Pernambuco | Noscomial Infections, Hospital Acquired Infections, Health Care Associated Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | RODRIGO | FABRI | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Iascara | Wozniak de Campos | Incor - HCFMUSP/ Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | others | Brazil | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Snezhana | Rusinova-Videva | The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology-BAS | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Halidou | Tinto | IRSS-Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro | Malaria | Burkina Faso | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Roch | DABIRE | Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Burkina Faso | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Serge | Poda | Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé | Malaria | Burkina Faso | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Berge | Tsanou | University of Dschang | others | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ABBOUBAKAR | Hamadjam | University Institute of Technology/The University of Ngaoundéré | others | Cameroon | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Chelea | Matchawe | Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Cameroon | Best Research Award |