| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Deshan | Chen | Wuhan University of Technology/State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety | China | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Derya | ÇINAR | İzmir Bakırçay University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Delfin | Cuevas Jr. | Farmwell Agricultural Machinery Manufacturin | Philippines | Best Innovation Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Debmalya | Bhunia | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | United States | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | DEBALINA | BHATTACHARYA | MAULANA AZAD COLLEGE | India | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | David | NETO | GBS Business School | Switzerland | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | David | Oluwole | Crescent University Abeokuta | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Daouda | TOE | University Thomas SANKARA | Burkina Faso | Excellence in Scientific Innovation Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | Daohua | Lu | Marine Equipment and Technology Institute, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang , China | China | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Daofei | Lv | Foshan University | China | Young Scientist Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Ms | Danyu | Cheng | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Young Scientist Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Daniel | FRUCHART | JOMI-LEMAN SA | France | Excellence in Scientific Innovation Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Dana | Born | Harvard University | United States | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Ms | Damilola | Shaba | University of Illinois Springfield | United States | Outstanding Contribution Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | Dafna | Kariv | Reichman University | Israel | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Corrado | Ciatti | Ausl Piacenza | Italy | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Cornel | IOANA | Grenoble INP - GIPSA-lab | France | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Congcong | Yang | Central South University | China | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Clement | Asare | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | Young Scientist Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Claudien | HABIMANA SIMBI | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | China | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |