| Dr | Zohaib | Akbar | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Pakistan | Groundwater Hydrology | Geophysical Studies | 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 |
| Dr | Yousef | Alhaj Hamoud | Hohai University | China | Soil Moisture Dynamics | Soil, Plant and Water Relations | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Troy | Peters | Washington State University | United States | Water Conservation | Agricultural Water Use | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | SILVIA | CHAMIZO CHECA | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Mexico | Watershed Management | Water availability | Lifetime Achievement Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Jun | Qiu | Beijing Normal University | China | Water Security | Atmospheric Water Harvesting | Innovative Water Solutions Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | huiqing | wang | Southwest Medical University | China | Remote Sensing | Interpretation of remote sensing images | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Franziska | Koch | BOKU University, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management | Austria | Catchment Hydrology | Snow hydrology | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mrs | Alessia | Kachadourian Marras | U-Flows.mx | Mexico | Water Policy | Modern Hydrogeology | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Yongbo | Wu | Nanjing Forestry University | China | Ecohydrology | ecological restoration | 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 |
| Prof | Faridoun | Allawi | College of Engineering, Baghdad University | Iraq | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Analog- Digital Simulation | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Imerina | TANKEUOO KOPA | National Higher School of Hydraulics (ENSH), Blida, Algeria | Cameroon | Agricultural Hydrology | Integrated Effects of Organic Mulch Composites and Drip Irrigation on Soil Quality, Water Conservation and Tomato Growth Under Semi-Arid Mediterranean Conditions | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | GEORGE | KARATZAS | Technical University of Crete | Greece | Flood Modeling | River Basin | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | M. Shahjahan | Mondal | Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | Bangladesh | Flood Modeling | Hydrology | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |