| Dr | Kaycee | Bills | Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame | United States | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Charlotte | Cunningham-Rundles | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | United States | Best Research Article Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Ms | Kelly | Jacoby | Medical College of Wisconsin | United States | Research Excellence Distinction Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Ms | Damilola | Shaba | University of Illinois Springfield | United States | Outstanding Contribution Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Siddhant | Srinivas | School of Computer Science & Engineering, California State University, San Bernardino | United States | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Ms | Hamasa | Ebadi | NeuroFore | United States | Innovator of the Year Achievement Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Md Arfan | Uddin | The University of Arizona | United States | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ernest | Moore | Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at De | United States | Lifetime Achievement Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Huu | Do | Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research, Duy Tan University | Vietnam | Research Excellence Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | Mingqian | Fang | Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Zimbabwe | Women Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |