| Prof. Dr | FATMA ÇİĞDEM | Güldür | Gazi University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Bilal | Yıldırım | Marmara University Internal Medicine Department | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | David | Amilo | Near East University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Mr | Alex | Mutebe | Medical Research Council Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Thangavel | Murugan | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Marjo-Riitta | Jarvelin | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Xin | Du | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Mesay | Wolle | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | United States | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Andrea | Smidler | UCSD | United States | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Limei | Chen | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Dr | Analisa | Difeo | University of Michigan | United States | Best Researcher Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Makoto | Inoue | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jagmeet | Kanwal | Georgetown University | United States | Research Excellence Award | lifescienceaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | James | Brugarolas | Kidney Cancer Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center | United States | Excellence in Research Award | lifescienceaward.com |