| Dr | Dae Seok | Chai | Colorado State University | United States | Psychology | Psychological capital | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zheng | Wang | National Institute of Standards and Technology | United States | Computer Science | Computer Networks, Network Security | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Chengjin | Qin | Tata steel Europe | United States | Engineering | Data Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Matthew | Vechione | The University of Texas at Tyler | United States | Engineering | Traffic Engineeriing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Janet | Hoskins | University of Southern California | United States | Social Sciences | Medical Anthropology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohammad | Qadam Shah | Seattle Pacific University | United States | Social Sciences | Political economy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Gong | Chen | Georgia State University | United States | Social Sciences | Political Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Charu Vikram | Srivatsa | University of Kansas | United States | Engineering | Combustion | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Seema | Iyer | University of Baltimore | United States | Social Sciences | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Alan | Smith | Robert Morris University | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | business analytics, marketing | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Nazmul Arefin | Khan | Argonne National Laboratory | United States | Engineering | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Paul | Clements | Western Michigan University | United States | Social Sciences | Climate change policy, analysis and ethics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Velma | McBride Murry | Vanderbilt University | United States | Psychology | Health Disparities, Human Development and Prevention Science | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Wandi | Ding | Middle Tennessee State University | United States | Mathematics | Mathematical Biology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Ian | Bennett | Columbia Law School | United States | Energy | Environmental & Energy Law | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Sheng | Zhang | Harvard University | United States | Social Sciences | International History/ global far-Left in the 1960s-1970s / Middle Eastern History/ History of Chinese foreign policy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Sheng | Zhang | Harvard University | United States | Social Sciences | International History/ Twentieth Century History/ Arab-Israeli Conflict/ Chinese Foreign Policy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elizabeth | Cudney | Maryville University | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | Data Analytics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Bassel | Daher | Texas A&M University | United States | Other | Water-Energy-Food Nexus | Excellence in Research | |
| Mr | Md. Shahriar | Islam | Binghamton University | United States | Social Sciences | Public Administration | Best Researcher Award | |