| Mr | OLUFISAYO | OJO | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Guofeng | Wu | East China Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Amal | Hentati | ENIG | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hassan | Esmaeilzadeh | Environmental Sciences Research Institute | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Helena | Monteiro | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto | Portugal | Young Scientist Award |
| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Aires | Oliva-Teles | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ana | Couto | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Farzin | Ghaemi | ferdowsi university of mashhad | Iran | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianguang | Qin | Flinders University | Australia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paul Michael Nii Anang | Okoee | Fugro GB North Marine Limited | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Dongmin | Shin | Gyeongsang National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lingyu | Sun | Hebei university of technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Taeho | Im | Hoseo University/ Infomation and Communication Engineering | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | GiHoon | Hong | IMBeR IPO-China/State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Zacharie | SOHOU | Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB) & University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Nadezhda S | K | Institute of Biophysics SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award |