| Mr | Md. | Moniruzzaman | Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) | Bangladesh | Watershed Management | Hydrology | Best Researcher 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 | Demiso Daba | Dugassa | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia | Climate Hydrology | Hydrology, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Hydroinformatics | Young Scientist 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 | M M Shah Porun | Rana | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | United States | Watershed Management | Wetland Management | Sustainable Water Management 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 |
| Mrs | Alessia | Kachadourian Marras | U-Flows.mx | Mexico | Water Policy | Modern Hydrogeology | Innovative Research 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 |
| 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 |