| Dr | Rongbo | Wang | Jiangsu Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mohammad | Hashemi-Tabatabaei | Allameh Tabataba'i University | Iran | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Adebola | Oladunjoye | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | Nigeria | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wenfeng | Han | Zhejiang Industry Polytechnic College | China | Excellence in Food Science Education | View Profile |
| Dr | Dragica | Đurđević-Milošević | Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Microbiology | Serbia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mustapha | Aliyu | University of South Africa/University of Ilorin, Nigeria | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maharjan | Maharjan | Texas A & M AgriLife Research | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shakoor Ahmed | Soalngi | NCEAC, University of Sindh, Jamshoro | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ze | Fu | Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Songjian | Li | Biotechnology Research Institute, Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural & Animal Husbandry Sciences | China | Outstanding Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sajjad | Hussain | Xinxiang University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Dahir | Ali | SIMAD University | Somalia | Best Paper Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ganxue | Wu | Sichuan Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Dejun | Tan | Northwest A&F University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | YEMANE HABTEMICHAEL | GEBREMESKAL | ITMO University | Russia | Sustainable Food Production Award | View Profile |
| Mr | NIRBHAY | KUMAR | Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal | India | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Syed Ali | Hassan | National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Gustavo Henrique | Amaral Monteiro Rocha | Federal University of Goiás | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |