| Dr | R | Poorniammal | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | India | Others | Microbial pigments, Industrial Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Annan | Chen | School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for FRPs | Additive manufacturing of fiber-reinforced ceramic materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Igor José | Santos | Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei | Brazil | Natural Fibers | Nanocellulose | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Muhammad | Sohail | Nanjing Normal University, P.R. Chin | China | Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for FRPs | Advanced Nanotechnology and Analytical Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Helena | Felgueiras | University of Minho | Portugal | Advanced Fiber Technologies | Fiber-Based Structures for Medical Applications | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Ingrid | Silva-Cote | Instituto Distrital de Ciencia Biotecnología e Innovación en Salud | Colombia | Fiber Reinforcement in Composites | Electrospinning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ali | Ehsani | University of Qom,Qom | Iran | Composite Materials Science | MOF composite and electrochemical system | Best Researcher Award | fiberreinforcedpolymer.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alireza | Mirza Goltabar Roshan Faculty o | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran | Iran | Structural Mechanics of FRPs | Modeling analysis, Experiments, Simulations and computational modeling | Best Researcher Award | |