| Dr | Mohammed | AISSAOUI | ENSI UMA | Tunisia | Innovation Strategy | wireless communications | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jane | Harvey-Lloyd | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | others | Strategic Management and Business Strategy | Excellence in Research Award | |
| Ms | clarice | garcia | RMIT University | Australia | Innovation Strategy | Foresight | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Penghui | Cao | Changsha university of science & technology | China | Innovation Strategy | Energy storage | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | MARIA LURDES | FELSNER | State University of Midwest | Brazil | Innovation Strategy | Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Chemometrics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ala | Abdessemed | BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER | Algeria | others | Olive oil analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Miloš | Dimitrijević | University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics | Serbia | Innovation Strategy | Sustainable Agricultural Innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Monica | Caicedo Roa | University of Calgary | Canada | others | Violence against women | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hoa | Luong | University of Otago | New Zealand | Business-level Strategy | Strategic Management and Business Strategy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | James | Tooley | University of Buckingham | United Kingdom | Strategic Leadership | Education innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Saheli | Sengupta | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR | India | others | Renewable Energy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mohammad | Mahdavi | Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute | Iran | Strategic Leadership | New medicinal compounds design | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Roukaya | Ben Jeddou | Burgundy Franche-Comté University | Tunisia | others | Mult-criteria Decision Making/Machine Learning/sport | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hossein | Abedsoltan | University of Kansas | United States | others | Plastic Recycling and Sustainability | Best Paper Award | |
| Ms | Preeti | | Gurugram global college of Pharmacy | India | Strategy Formulation | Lipid based drug delivery System | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Anh Lan | Nguyen | RMIT University | Australia | Business-level Strategy | Accounting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Izabela | Moris | University of Ribeirao Preto - UNAERP | Brazil | others | Dental Materials - Dentistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Sarah | Wheeler | University of Adelaide | Australia | Environmental Analysis | Water Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Vijay | Varadharajan | The University of Newcastle | Australia | Strategic Leadership | Cyber Security and Technological Innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Sebastian | C Peter | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research | India | Environmental Analysis | Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |