| Dr | Wafa | Adel Alhalabi | Sao Paulo University | Brazil | Paleozoology | Cretaceous vertebrate fossils | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Felipe | Masiero Salvarani | Universidade Federal do Pará | Brazil | Wildlife Health | Conservação animal | Wildlife Advocacy Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Marília | Marques da Silva | Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz | Brazil | Biodiversity and conservation | Carnivores Ecology and Conservation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hyago | Soares | Universidade Estadual da Paraíba | Brazil | Biodiversity and conservation | Ethnoornitology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Alexandre | Morrot | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and FIOCRUZ | Brazil | Immunology | Infection diseases | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Joni | Delanoeije | KU Leuven & Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) | Belgium | Animal Behavior | Animal Assisted Interventions / Feline Behavior / Human-Animal Interaction | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | La-Toniá | Arthur | Mobile Doctors/ Monash University | Barbados | Human Anatomy | Clinical Forensic Medicine | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sara | Naccour | Medical University of Innsbruck | Austria | Diseases | Oncology | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Juan Pablo | Seco Pon | CONICET, Argentina | Argentina | Biodiversity and conservation | Conservaciòn de la biodiversidad marina y costera. | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |