| Dr | Gregory | Schwartz | Northwestern University | United States | Animal Behavior | Vision, Social Behavior | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Glory | Adebayo | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research | Nigeria | Parasitology | Malaria | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Getachew | Geleto | Wachemo University | Ethiopia | Biodiversity and conservation | Agriculture/agroforestry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Gamze | Turan | Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Aquaculture Department | Turkey | Marine Biology | Seaweeds | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Felipe | Masiero Salvarani | Universidade Federal do Pará | Brazil | Wildlife Health | Conservação animal | Wildlife Advocacy Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Éva | Ács | Ludovika University of Public Service | Hungary | Environmental Studies | algology, hydrobiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Ester | Cecere | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | Italy | Biodiversity and conservation | Marine Biology: floristic and vegetational studies, alien species; bio-remediation by macroalgae, sustainable mollusc farming, circular economy; scientific dissemination. | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Estelle | Crochelet | Biodiversity Research Agency of Réunion island | Réunion | Biodiversity and conservation | Biodiversity and conservation of elasmobranchs in the Mascarene Islands: Policy implementation and protection strategies | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Elisabetta | Poeta | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy | Biotechnology | Food technology and Sensors | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Eirini | Skourtanioti | Ludwig Maximilian University | Germany | Genetics | ancient population genomics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Edward | De Robertis | UCLA School of Medicine | United States | Evolution | Embryonic patterning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dusu | Wen | Southwest Forestry University | China | Wildlife Conservation | Animal Ecology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zwannda | Nethavhani | Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | Biodiversity and conservation | Insects | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nikolett | Ujhegyi | HUN-REN Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Plant Protection Institute | Hungary | Wildlife Conservation | Habitat Protection and Fragmentation Mitigation; Wildlife Disease Monitoring and Management | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | MELTEM | ULUSOY | ISPARTA UNIVERSITESI | Turkey | Microbiology | BIOCONTROL | Ecology Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hyago | Soares | Universidade Estadual da Paraíba | Brazil | Biodiversity and conservation | Ethnoornitology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Gaoping | Qu | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University | China | Research methodology | dual-reporter assay | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Anuradha | Reddy | CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | India | Wildlife Conservation | Conservation Biology, Population Genetics | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Alexandre | Morrot | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and FIOCRUZ | Brazil | Immunology | Infection diseases | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Dimitris | Klaoudatos | University of Thessaly | Greece | Marine Biology | Fisheries | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |