| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seung Jae | Lee | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Safoora | Karimi | Jundi-Shapur University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Rongbo | Wang | Jiangsu Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Robert | Clarke | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Nutritional Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Richard Vincent | Asase | Ural Federal University | Russia | Food Waste Reduction Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Reno | Gordon | Sefako Makgatho Health Science University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Razieh | Nazari | Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran | Iran | Women Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Raphael | Duval | Université de Lorraine | France | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Ramata | Cisse | Georgia Gwinnett College | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | R. | Pandiselvam | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute | India | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Ms | Qing | Liang | College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | qi | zhang | Yangzhou University | China | Excellence in Innovation Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Qëndresa | Rramani Dervishi | University of Bonn | Germany | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yan | Lu | Fudan University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jürgen | Heinisch | University of Osnabrueck | Germany | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Maharjan | Maharjan | Texas A & M AgriLife Research | United States | Innovative Research Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Pintu Kumar | Mandal | CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute | India | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mrs | Phatthira | Yingleardrattanakul | Faculty of Food Industry, King Mongkut′s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang/ Department of Health | Thailand | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Peter | Makieu | Njala University, Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Omer | Dad | Hazara University Mansehra | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |