| Dr | WALEED | ASGHAR | Oklahoma State University | United States | Visionary Leadership | Young Researcher | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Yongzhi | Wang | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | United States | Innovative Leadership | Information Security and Privacy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | CAMILA | Donatti | conservation international | United States | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Climate change adaptation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | sawsan | hammad | Jordan University of Science and Technology | United States | Others | leadership and management | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saintedym | Wills | LabCorp | United States | Visionary Leadership | Research and Development | Leadership and Research Excellence Award |
| Dr | Mahmoudreza | Moein | SUNY Upstate Medical University | United States | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Liver transplantation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | David | Park | Stanford University | United States | Innovative Leadership | Neurosurgery | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Barbara | Sittner | Bryan College of Health Sciences/RETIRED | United States | Innovative Leadership | Interprofessional Clinical Simulation in Healthcare | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lingjun | Li | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | Others | Analytical Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ira | Bogotch | Florida Atlantic University | United States | Others | Educational Leadership, Critical Methodologies | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Timothy | Gillespie | St. Ambrose University | United States | Others | Mathematics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Joshua | Lin | BWH | United States | Authentic Leadership | research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Renee | Reynolds | University at Buffalo | United States | Visionary Leadership | Women in Neurosurgery | Academic Leadership Achievement Award |
| Dr | Jing | Zhou | University of California Santa Barbara | United States | Performance Management | Economics Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mengjia | Lau | North Carolina State University | United States | Others | insect physiology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Michael | Wong | California Northstate University College of Medicine | United States | Others | medical education/surgical residencies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Andre | Havrylyshyn | Binghamton University | United States | Strategic Leadership | Succession Planning/ Diversity & Inclusion/ Corporate Governance | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Edin | Nevzati | Denver Health and Hospital Authority | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | He Catherine | Wang | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Performance Management | Radiation Oncology | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subrata | Sen | Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Innovative Leadership | Translational Scientific Research for early detection of cancer | Best Researcher Award |