| Dr | Adebola | Oladunjoye | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | Nigeria | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Joana | Ferreira | Santarém Polytechnic University | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yan | Lu | Fudan University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Gomes da Silva Silveira | Cahango | Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Ulisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Ms | Yingyu | Liu | Xinjiang Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Zejian | Wang | 华东理工大学 | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tingjin | Luo | National University of Defense Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Hedian | Yan | yunnan agricultural university | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Dragica | Đurđević-Milošević | Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Microbiology | Serbia | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Mustapha | Aliyu | University of South Africa/University of Ilorin, Nigeria | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Sajjad | Hussain | Xinxiang University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | YEMANE HABTEMICHAEL | GEBREMESKAL | ITMO University | Russia | Sustainable Food Production Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | 海涛 | 李 | Northeast Agricultural University | China | Sustainable Food Production Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | foodscientists.org |
| Ms | 明丽 | 陈 | Northeastern University | China | Women Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Razieh | Nazari | Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran | Iran | Women Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Lina | Zhang | Hohai University | China | Women Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tianyuan | Song | Zhejiang Gongshang University, School of Food Science and Biotechnology | China | Young Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Veronica | Zingales | University of Valencia | Spain | Young Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |