| Dr | Bagher | Shirmohammadi | University of Tehran | Iran | Integrated Water Management | Adaptive Water Resources Management | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Ľubomír | Kseňak | Technical University of Košice | Slovakia | Surface Water | Remote Sensing | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Agegnehu | Yoshe | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia | Water Resources | groundwater and surface water resource | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Tatek Wondimu | Negash | Ethiopia Institute Of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center. | Ethiopia | Water Resources | Irrigation and Drainage Engineering | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | DENG | Anjun | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | Sediment Transport | the Lower Jinsha River | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | mohamed | Saber | Zagazig University | Egypt | Hydropower Systems | hydropower | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Xiaofeng | Ding | Guangdong University of Technology | China | Water Quality | Water Quality | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | NSHIMIYIMANA | Elisee | Zhejiang ocean University | China | Water Quality | Aquaculture / Environmental Science | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Irenee Felix | Munyejuru | The Ohio State University | United States | Catchment Hydrology | Hydrological Modeling | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Jingjing | Xu | Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute | China | Sediment Transport | Runoff and Sediment Characteristics of Flood Events | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Roshan | Sewa | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | United States | Urban Flooding | Flood Susceptibility Mapping | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | huiqing | wang | Southwest Medical University | China | Remote Sensing | Interpretation of remote sensing images | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Saurav | Pradhananga | IWMI-Nepal | Nepal | Water Resources | Climate change impact | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Md. | Moniruzzaman | Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) | Bangladesh | Watershed Management | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mrs | Debadrita | Das | Jadavpur University | India | Agricultural Hydrology | Water Soil Plant system | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mrs | Anıl | Çalışkan Tezel | Bursa Uludag University | Turkey | Water Resources | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Ms | Yishu | Wang | Shandong Agricultural University | China | Climate Hydrology | Hydrological Modeling, Flood Control & Disaster Reduction | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Ms | Ráhel | PORTIK-SZABÓ | IRCEM- Institute for Research in Circular Economy and Environment "Ernest Lupan" | Romania | Urban Hydrology | Sustainable Membrane Systems | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Fang | Wang | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | Ecohydrology | Arid and semi-arid regions | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |