| Prof Dr | Eugen-Victor-Cristian | RUSU | 'Dunarea de Jos' University of Galati, | Romania | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elijah | Onojowho | University of Nigeria, Nsukka | Nigeria | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | DSM | De Silva | Univesity of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Dongmin | Shin | Gyeongsang National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Moutopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Dharmendra | Singh | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daria | Semikolennykh | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunpeng | He | Southeast University | China | Breakthrough Innovations Laureate Award |
| Dr | Chuan | Wang | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Changwei | Shao | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Boyu | Liao | Dalian Maritime University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Bin | Zheng | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhautik | Dave | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Balendu Shekher | Giri | UPES Dehradun | India | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| Mr | Bala | Mohan | Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Asiya | Maskaeva | The University of Dodoma | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ashok | Jagtap | National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research | India | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof. Dr | Antonio | Contreras de Villar | Universidad de Cádiz | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anderson José | Maraschin | PUCRS | Brazil | Excellence in Research |