| Dr | Ana Margarida | Bento | Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) | Portugal | Water Resources Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Eliseu | Monteiro | University of Porto | Portugal | Solid Waste Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Shahid | Mumtaz | Nottingham Trent Univeristy | Portugal | Green Infrastructure | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | João | Grilo | Universidade de Aveiro | Portugal | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Diogo | Peixoto | CIIMAR | Portugal | Environmental Risk Assessment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Dalila | Fontes | Universidade do Porto | Portugal | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Matilde | Betencourt | Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra | Portugal | Environmental Policy and Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Majdi | Benamara | University of Minho | Portugal | Environmental Engineering | Breakthrough Research Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Genesis Camila | Cervantes | Universidad de Minho | Portugal | Materials Science and Engineering | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhiyou | Jia | University of Minho | Portugal | Materials Science and Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nannan | Li | university of minho | Portugal | Materials Science and Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ricardo | Inácio | Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation at the University of Aveiro | Portugal | Materials Science and Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Paula | Leal | Universidade da Beira Interior | Portugal | Geotechnical Engineering | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Shikha | Patel | Qatar University | Qatar | Urban Planning | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Shikha | Patel | Qatar University | Qatar | Urban Planning | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Noora | Al-Qahtani | Qatar University | Qatar | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Abdellatif | Sadeq | Qatar University | Qatar | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Samer | Ahmed | Qatar University | Qatar | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Ioan | Sarbu | Polytechnic University of Timisoara | Romania | Others | Best Paper Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | ILINCA | COSTIN | Petroleum – Gas University of Ploiești/Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering/Department of Mechanical Engineering | Romania | Structural Engineering | Excellence in Research | |