| Mr | Besmillah | Daqiq | Takhar University | Afghanistan | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | online harassment effects | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lingrui | Kong | Dalian Maritime University | China | Others | Operational Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ahmed Nabih Zaki | Rashed | Menoufia university | Egypt | Malware Analysis and Detection | Optical communications | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Vaclav | Prajzler | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | Optical comunications | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Chiheb | Walleni | University of Sousse | Tunisia | Others | Optoelectronics devices/Materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mulat | Ayele | Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Woldia University | Ethiopia | Others | other | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Javier | Vadell | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais | Brazil | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Others | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xinxin | Wang | Guangzhou University | China | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Parental Co-Parenting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manel | Jerbi Zaghbib | Higher Institute of Management of Tunis | Tunisia | Malware Analysis and Detection | Pattern analysis. | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Francesco | Mercaldo | University of Molise & IIT-CNR | Italy | Malware Analysis and Detection | Payload detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mulumebet | Major | Haramaya University | Ethiopia | Others | Peace and Development Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ivone | Malla | Hospital Universitario Austral | Argentina | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Pediatric Liver Transplantation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abebe | Menberu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Others | Personal finance | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mohammad | Akrami | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Others | Pharmaceutical Biomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Christian | Ouedraogo | Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) | Burkina Faso | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacology | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bantayehu | Addis | Debre markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Pharmaceuticals | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kuntal | Das | Mallige College of Pharmacy | India | Others | Pharmacy | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Lab | United States | Others | Photodetectors for Biometrics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA | United States | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Photodetectors/detector array | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Arunava | Naha | Uppsala University | Sweden | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Physical layer protection of cyber-physical systems | Best Researcher Award |