| Prof. Dr | Shayesteh | Jahanfar | Tufts School of Medicine | Public Health | Epidemiology and Biostatistics/Reprodcutive Health | United States | Public Health | Excellence in Research Award | thescientists.net |
| Ms | Jacqueline | Miller | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Immunology and Virology | Immune Regulation in Viral Pathogenesis | United States | Immunology and Virology | Best Researcher Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Farbod | Tabesh | Stanford University School of Medicine | Nanotechnology Applications | Cancer treatment and Parkinson's Disease | United States | Nanotechnology Applications | Best Researcher Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Julio | Chagas | Northwestern University | Computational Chemistry | Electronic Structure of Molecules | United States | Computational Chemistry | Best Scholar Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Kevin | Clark | Frontier Development Lab; NSF ACCESS; IEEE Nanotechnology and Biometrics Councils | Neuroscience Research | Neural Field Continuum Limits and the Structure–Function Partitioning of Cognitive–Emotional Brain Networks | United States | Neuroscience Research | Research Excellence Award | thescientists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Xin Shelley | Wang | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Public Health | Oncology, Symptom Science | United States | Public Health | Excellence in Research | thescientists.net |
| Prof. Dr | James Shapiro | Shapiro | University of Chicagoj | Genetics and Genomics | mobile genetic elements and evolution | United States | Genetics and Genomics | Genetics & Genomics Pioneer Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Carlos | Espinal | Florida International University | Public Health | Vaccinology cervical cancer | United States | Public Health | Research Excellence Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Daniel | Ortiz | Labcorp | Biomedical Sciences | Clinical Microbiology | United States | Biomedical Sciences | Research Excellence Award | thescientists.net |
| Dr | Kashif | Iqbal | RMIT University | Environmental Science | Economics | Vietnam | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | thescientists.net |