| Prof Dr | Yaoling | Niu | Laoshan Laboratory | China | Visionary Leadership | Earth Sciences | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Laeek Ahemad | Siddiqui | Centre of Demography of Gender, International Institute for Population Sciences | India | Visionary Leadership | Innovative thinking | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Najla | Shamsi | RCSI-MUB | Bahrain | Visionary Leadership | A Collaborative Research Initiative on Diabetes Mellitus in Bahrain | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Mr | Wojciech | Pepke | Clinic for Orthopaedics, University Hospital Heidelberg | Germany | Visionary Leadership | Team leadership in science | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Judith | King | MIC | Ireland | Visionary Leadership | Pilgrimage Studies | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Andrea | Palazzo | Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU Prague | Czech Republic | Visionary Leadership | Automation in Construction | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Prof | Luis Fernando | Coca | Universidad del Rosario | Colombia | Visionary Leadership | Biodiversity Leadership | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Nathaniel | Dailey | The Mitre Corporation | United States | Visionary Leadership | Space | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Pengxiang | Ge | Anhui Jianzhu University | China | Visionary Leadership | Education | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |