| Mrs | Phatthira | Yingleardrattanakul | Faculty of Food Industry, King Mongkut′s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang/ Department of Health | Thailand | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Harisankar | Kunnamkulathil Chandrababu | International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation (ICE-SSI), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, | Thailand | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Franco P. | Mbise | The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania | Tanzania | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | ZWE-LING | KONG | National Taiwan Ocean University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Anton | Hellberg | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Esther | Asensio Casas | Universidad de Zaragoza | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Veronica | Zingales | University of Valencia | Spain | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Teresa | Garde-Cerdan | CSIC | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ali | Rhouma | PRIMA | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Jesus | Simal-Gandara | University of Vigo | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Maria | Candel | University of Cadiz | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Legesse Shiferaw | Chewaka | National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seung Jae | Lee | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jae-Young | Her | Mokpo National University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Deokyeol | Jeong | Kongju National University | South Korea | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Kayise | Maseko | Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Reno | Gordon | Sefako Makgatho Health Science University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mustapha | Aliyu | University of South Africa/University of Ilorin, Nigeria | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Dahir | Ali | SIMAD University | Somalia | Best Paper Award | View Profile |