| Dr | Avick | Sinha | University of Brighton | United Kingdom | Clinical Research, Wound Healing and Care and Rheology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Ziwen | Zhu | Northumbria University | United Kingdom | human-computer interaction | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Thom | Brooks | Durham University | United Kingdom | Law | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | jingfeng | chen | Loughborough University | United Kingdom | Sport science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sadjad | Naderi | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Rock Mechanics/Drilling/Geothermal Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Chris | Lawn | Queen Mary University of London | United Kingdom | Electrostatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Akbar | Sheikh-Akbari | Leeds Beckett University | United Kingdom | Food safety and sustainability | Excellence in Innovation |
| Dr | Omid | Jadidi | St Edward's University | United States | nternational Conference On Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Stanislav | Gordeyev | University of Notre Dame | United States | Wake dynamics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Louay | Yousuf | San Diego State University | United States | Applied Mechanics/Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ademola | Ajayi-Banji | North Dakota State University | United States | Green energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tahmineh | Azizi | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | Fractional order system | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Youzhong | Guo | Virginia Commonwealth University | United States | Native Cell Membrane Nanoparticles | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdalsalam | Fadeel | University of Delaware | United States | Finite element analysis and Additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Costin | Untaroiu | Virginia Tech | United States | Impact Biomechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Spontak | North Carolina State University | United States | Antimicrobial materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Birendra | Chaudhary | University of Rhode Island | United States | Diffusion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Titus | Egbosiuba | Texas A&M University | United States | Nanomaterials and Hybrid nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Alex | Volinsky | University of South Florida | United States | NiTi Bio-implants | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Meysam | Haghahsenas | University of Toledo | United States | Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures | Best Researcher Award |