| Assoc Prof Dr | Hazri | Bakhtiar | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Mozan | Hassan | Omdurman Ahlia University | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Sudan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Priyadarshini | Pattanaik | IMT Atlantique, LaTIM U1101 INSERM , Brest, France | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | France | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Delano | DIas Schleder | Instituto Federal Catarinense, Araquari campus | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Mahdi | Fakhar | Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mati ur | Rahman | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Homa | Hajjaran | Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | LUCIANO | GOMES | Federal University of Mato Grosso | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Bing | Wang | Charles Sturt University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Australia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shukla | Das | University College of Medical Sciences | Immunology of Infections | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Cristina | Stasi | University of Florence | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Paolo | Gisondi | University of Verona | Immunology of Infections | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Alfredo | Jover-Sáenz | Hospital Universiti Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Stewardship | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Aristidis | Tsatsakis | University of Crete | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Greece | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Paola | Di Carlo | PROMISE Department, University of Palermo | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Jose M | Miro | Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain | Blood Stream Infections, Bacteraemia, Septicaemia, Blood Poisoning | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | John S. | Lambert | University College Dublin/ Mater Misericordiae University Hospital | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ireland | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Deyani | Nocedo-Mena | Autonomous University of Nuevo Léon | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Alfredo | Bardaji | Hospital Joan XXIII | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Eloy | Espin-Basany | Hospital Valle de Hebron | Surgical Site Infections | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |