| Dr | Ghader | Ghasemi | Horticulture Crops Research Department, West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, AREEO, Urmia, Iran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Ramata | Cisse | Georgia Gwinnett College | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Omer | Dad | Hazara University Mansehra | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Teresa | Garde-Cerdan | CSIC | Spain | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | David | Nwikwe | Kings University | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Juanjuan | Cheng | Northwest A&F University | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Reno | Gordon | Sefako Makgatho Health Science University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Deepan Kumar | SP | SIMATS | India | Young Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Legesse Shiferaw | Chewaka | National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | BABAN | DEY | BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA | India | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Chetan | Jangir | ICAR-NRCSS | India | Young Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | SURESH | R | Sri Ramakrushna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore - 20 | India | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Shuo | Wang | Yangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Ana Clara | Candelaria Cucick | University of Sao Paulo- USP | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Farzad | Bagherzadeh Kasmani | University of Zabol | Iran | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Desalegn | Begna | Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Terhi | Junkkari | University of Turku/Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences | Finland | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Mengistie | Mossie | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Zhongyuan | Liu | Hainan Uniersity | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Md Mehedi | Iqbal | Nagasaki University | Japan | Food Safety Innovation Award | foodscientists.org |