| Mr | Shangqing | Gong | university of south china | China | Vaccine Development | Infectious disease dynamics | Best Researcher Award | toppharmaceutical.org |
| Dr | Jianxun | Qi | Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Vaccine Development | Novel RSV design | Research Excellence Award | toppharmaceutical.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Nemat | Shams | Lorestan university | Iran | Vaccine Development | recombinant subunit vaccines | Research Excellence Award | toppharmaceutical.org |
| Dr | Sudeep | Nagaraj | ICAR-NIVEDI | India | Vaccine Development | Virology | Excellence in Research award | toppharmaceutical.org |
| Prof | Bamidele | Iwalokun | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research | Nigeria | Vaccine Development | Immunoinformatics | Innovative Research Award | toppharmaceutical.org |