| Prof | Guoqian | Chen | Peking University | China | Water Resources | Social hydrology | Excellence in Hydrology Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Mingxing | YANG | Guizhou Institute of Technology | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Pollution Remediation | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Fangfang | Li | China Agricultural University | China | Water-Energy Nexus | Management of Hybrid Hydro-PV-Wind Energy System | Women Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Guohong | Fang | First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resouces | China | Coastal Hydrology | Tide Dynamics | Surface Water Dynamics Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Yunliang | Li | Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Water Resources | Lake and catchment simulations | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Caixiang | Zhang | China University of Geosciences | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Jianghan Plain | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Nicholas | Kounis | University of Patras | Greece | Climate Change Impacts | Crdiology | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Arcangelo | Loss | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | Climate Change Impacts | Impacto das mudanças climáticas | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Claudia | Cherubini | Università degli studi di Trieste | Italy | Groundwater Hydrology | Unsaturated zone | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Seyed Hamidreza | Sadeghi | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Watershed Management | Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Mohamad | Awad | CNRS-L | Lebanon | Water Resources | Water Resources and Remote Sensing Applications | Best Researcher 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 |
| Prof | Wang | Shijin | Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS | China | Water Resources | Glacier runoff | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | 玉忠 | 杨 | 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院 | China | Climate Hydrology | 冰冻圈水文 | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Jun | Qiu | Beijing Normal University | China | Water Security | Atmospheric Water Harvesting | Innovative Water Solutions Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Mohammad | Nejad | Yasouj University | Iran | Hydraulic Engineering | Pressure Vessel | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Guanhua | Huang | China Agricultural University | China | Agricultural Hydrology | Natural Science | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | xiaojun | Tang | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Hydroinformatics | Monitoring of underground water | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Wenfeng | Du | Henan University | China | Blue-Green Infrastructure | structural engineering | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | EUGENIO | SANZ PEREZ | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. España | Spain | Water Resources | Groundwater (karst) | Excellence in Research Award | hydrologists.net |