| Prof Dr | Barbara | Rath | Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ishwarya | Ramachandran | CMFRI | Immunology of Infections | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mati ur | Rahman | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Siddiq ur | Rahman | Department of Computer Science & Bioinformatics, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria del Valle | Rafo | Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional- Universidad Nacional de Salta | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Abdollah | Rafiei | Ahvaz Jundishapur Medical Science University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Iran | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Héctor | Rabal | Optics Research Center | others | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Naveeda | Qureshi | Quaid-i-Azam University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Pakistan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Suhair | Qudsieh | Yarmouk University | others | Jordan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Fufa | Qu | Changsha University | Immunology of Infections | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Peiwu | Qin | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | shohra | qaderi | Kateb university | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Afghanistan | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Yolande Therese Rose | Proroga | IZS MEZZOGIORNO | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Amal D | Premarathna | Tallinn University, Estonia | others | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Om | Prakash | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | India | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Lekan | Popoola | Afe Babalola University | others | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Nipon | Pisutpaisal | King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok | Microbial Forensics and Molecular Basis of Bacteria | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Songkeart | Phattarapattamawong | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Thailand | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Amanda | Pereira | São Paulo State University | Sepsis, Septicaemia | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Carolina | Pellegrini | University of Pisa | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |