| Dr | Mohammad | Hashemi-Tabatabaei | Allameh Tabataba'i University | Iran | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Adebola | Oladunjoye | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | Nigeria | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Dahir | Ali | SIMAD University | Somalia | Best Paper Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Ganxue | Wu | Sichuan Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Dejun | Tan | Northwest A&F University | China | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | YEMANE HABTEMICHAEL | GEBREMESKAL | ITMO University | Russia | Sustainable Food Production Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | NIRBHAY | KUMAR | Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal | India | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Syed Ali | Hassan | National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Gustavo Henrique | Amaral Monteiro Rocha | Federal University of Goiás | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Hamed | Sardari | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Zemenu | Adimas | Bahir Dar Univesity Intitute of Technology | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Peter | Makieu | Njala University, Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Kayode | Taiwo | University of Georgia | United States | Food Waste Reduction Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Asraful | Alam | Jashore University of Science and Technology , Jashore, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Abdullaha Al | Mamun | Chittagong Medical College | Bangladesh | Young Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Ebenezer | Olaniyi | University of Georgia | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Richard Vincent | Asase | Ural Federal University | Russia | Food Waste Reduction Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Gomes da Silva Silveira | Cahango | Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Ulisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |