| Dr | Florin | Garoi | National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics | Romania | Physics and Astronomy | Optics, Interferometry and applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chong | Shan | Shanghai Institute of Ceramics | China | Other | optics | | |
| Prof. Dr | Alfons | Penzkofer | Universität Regensburg | Germany | Physics and Astronomy | Optical Spectroscopy | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Archana | Yadav | Integral University, Lucknow | India | Engineering | Optical Sensors in biomedical applications | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Masoud | Deyranlou | TIC | Iran | Engineering | Optical Networking | | |
| Mr | Masoud | Deyranlou | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Engineering | Optical Networking | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Eun Seo | Choi | Chosun University | South Korea | Physics and Astronomy | Optical interferometry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Biqiang | Jiang | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Engineering | Optical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Archana | Yadav | Integral University Lucknow | India | Engineering | Optical Biosensors in healthcare systems | Excellence in Innovation Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | RENATO | AMBROSIO, JR | UNIRIO | Brazil | Medicine and Dentistry | Ophthalmology / Refractive Surgery | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Leonie | Keidel | Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich | Germany | Medicine and Dentistry | Ophthalmology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mousa | Moradi | Harvard | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Ophthalmology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Panagiotis | Stavrakas | University of Patras | Greece | Medicine and Dentistry | Ophthalmology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Souhail | Dhouib | Higher Institute of Industrial Management, University of Sfax | Tunisia | Decision Sciences | Operations Research | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Mariano | Luque Gallego | Universidad de Málaga | Spain | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Operations Research | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Maya | Irjayanti | Telkom University | Indonesia | Business, Management and Accounting | Operation Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Alina | Basnet | SUNY Upstate Medical University | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Oncology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chenjing | Zhu | Jiangsu Cancer Hospital | China | Psychology | Oncology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Krzysztof | Jeziorski | National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation | Poland | Medicine and Dentistry | Oncology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Liudmila | Spirina | Siberian State Medical University: Sibirskij gosudarstvennyj medicinskij universitet | Russia | Medicine and Dentistry | oncology | | |