| Prof. Dr | Moran | Cerf | Columbia University | United States | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Artificail Intelligence | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jehangir | Arshad | COMSATS University Islamabad | Pakistan | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Innocent | Chiluwa | Covenant Universit | Nigeria | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Linguistic analysis of phishing and spam emails | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Gideon | Folorunso | Covenant University | Nigeria | Others | Glocalisation and Foreign Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Aziz | Shah | Coventry University UK | United Kingdom | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Privacy-Preserving Data Analytics | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Swarnapriya | Chowdari | CSIR-NGRI | India | Others | Geoscience | 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 |
| Ms | SUNZIDA | SIDDIQUE | Daffodil International University | Bangladesh | Others | Physical Models with AI | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lingrui | Kong | Dalian Maritime University | China | Others | Operational Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Meena | S | Dayanandasagar College of Engineering | India | Others | Chemistry | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Shahidinejad | Deakin University | Australia | Cryptography for Emerging Technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT) | Authentication and key exchange protocols | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Lakachew | Binalf | Debark University | Ethiopia | Others | Plant Pathology | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Deresse | Sinamaw | Debre Markos | Ethiopia | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Health Sevice | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yohannes | Gelaye | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Agriculture | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mulusew | Zewdie | Debre Markos university | Ethiopia | Others | Earth science/engineering geology | CryptoInsight Research Award |
| Mr | Samuel | Habtegiorgis | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Others | epidemiology/public health | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Bantayehu | Addis | Debre markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Pharmaceuticals | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Megbar | Birhan | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Climate Science and Digital Signal Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Haymanot | Tewabe | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Molla Yigzaw | Birhanu | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Young Researcher | Excellence in Research |