| Prof | Faridoun | Allawi | College of Engineering, Baghdad University | Iraq | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Analog- Digital Simulation | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Jacques (Iakovos) | Ganoulis (Gkanoulis) | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece | Water Resources | Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Troy | Peters | Washington State University | United States | Water Conservation | Agricultural Water Use | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Yongbo | Wu | Nanjing Forestry University | China | Ecohydrology | ecological restoration | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | M M Shah Porun | Rana | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | United States | Watershed Management | Wetland Management | Sustainable Water Management Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Yousef | Alhaj Hamoud | Hohai University | China | Soil Moisture Dynamics | Soil, Plant and Water Relations | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mrs | Alessia | Kachadourian Marras | U-Flows.mx | Mexico | Water Policy | Modern Hydrogeology | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Franziska | Koch | BOKU University, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management | Austria | Catchment Hydrology | Snow hydrology | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Jun | Liu | Haikou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey | China | Sediment Transport | Sources and accumulation causes of organic carbon and how they respond to ancient climate changes | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Demiso Daba | Dugassa | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia | Climate Hydrology | Hydrology, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Hydroinformatics | Young Scientist Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Saurabh | Maurya | Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi | India | Hydrometeorology | Extreme rainfall modelling, WRF simulations, monsoon hydrometeorology, atmosphere-chemistry-hydrology integration | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Wang | Shijin | Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS | China | Water Resources | Glacier runoff | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Agegnehu | Yoshe | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia | Water Resources | groundwater and surface water resource | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Ľubomír | Kseňak | Technical University of Košice | Slovakia | Surface Water | Remote Sensing | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Saeedreza | Moazeni | Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran | Iran | Watershed Management | The impact of watershed management on the water balance | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Ali | Salajegheh | Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran | Iran | Watershed Management | The impact of watershed management on the water balance | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Md. | Moniruzzaman | Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) | Bangladesh | Watershed Management | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Bagher | Shirmohammadi | University of Tehran | Iran | Integrated Water Management | Adaptive Water Resources Management | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Saurav | Pradhananga | IWMI-Nepal | Nepal | Water Resources | Climate change impact | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | huiqing | wang | Southwest Medical University | China | Remote Sensing | Interpretation of remote sensing images | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |