| Dr | Rogério | Cury Pires | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | José Maria Rodrigues | da Luz | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA | Brazil | Outstanding Scientist Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Edson | Rodrigues-Filho | Universidade Federal de São Carlos | Brazil | Excellence in Research | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Elisa | Bicalho | Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal | Brazil | Women Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Maisa | Araujo | Fiocruz Rondônia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | AKM Ahsan | Ullah | University of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darrussalam | Best Research Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Nelly | Miteva-Marcheva | Medical University of Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Tsonko | Kolev | Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Todor | Todorov | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Andrey | Popatanasov | Institute of Neuro biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Bulgaria | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |