| Mr | John | Miller | National Association for Interpretation | United States | Environmental Science | Interpretation | Best Paper Award | |
| Ms | Alinda | Young | RTI International | United States | Health Professions | Research | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | melissa | Bray | UCONN | United States | Psychology | Mind Body Health and Pos Psych | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ephraim | Suhir | ERS Co. | United States | Engineering | Risk Analysis | Best Paper Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | MAHMUT | CENGIZ | George Mason University | United States | Social Sciences | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1913820 | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | MAHMUT | CENGIZ | George Mason University | United States | Other | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1913820 | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ali | Guermazi | Boston University School of Medicine | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Radiology/Imaging | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Gamal | Mabrouk | University of Texas at San Antonio | United States | Engineering | Pavement Engineering, Infrastructure materials | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Daniel | Aldrich | Northeastern University | United States | Social Sciences | Research / Disasters and Crises | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Jose | Silva-Lugo | University of Florida | United States | Agricultural Sciences | Education and Agricultural Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Virginia | Rolling | Georgia Southern University | United States | Social Sciences | Human Ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Virginia | Rolling | Georgia Southern University | United States | Social Sciences | Human Ecology | Best Research Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Orlando | Rios | University of Tennessee Knoxville | United States | Materials Science | Alloy design behavior | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Kathy | Lee | University of Texas at Arlington | United States | Social Sciences | Social Work | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | M. Pilar | Opazo | Boston College | United States | Social Sciences | Cultural Sociology | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Michael | Elwardany | Western Research Institute | United States | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Robert | Anderson | Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Planetary | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | April | Myers | UC Berkeley | United States | Neuroscience | Vision Science | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Betty | Tyler | Johns Hopkins University | United States | Neuroscience | Brain tumors | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Frances Smith | Foster | Emory University | United States | Arts and Humanities | Literature | Best Research Award | |