| Dr | Yongbo | Wu | Nanjing Forestry University | China | Ecohydrology | ecological restoration | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | JAGADISHWOR | KARMACHARYA | Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | Nepal | Hydrometeorology | Climate modelling | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Mohamed | Elhag | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | Flood Modeling | Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mrs | Debadrita | Das | Jadavpur University | India | Agricultural Hydrology | Water Soil Plant system | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Saurav | Pradhananga | IWMI-Nepal | Nepal | Water Resources | Climate change impact | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Elena Simina | LAKATOS | IRCEM- Institute for Research in Circular Economy and Environment "Ernest Lupan" | Romania | Urban Hydrology | Urban water reuse and climate resilience using membrane technologies | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Wuletawu | Abera | Internationla Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Ethiopia | Surface Water | Lake water surface dynamics | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Md. | Moniruzzaman | Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) | Bangladesh | Watershed Management | Hydrology | Best Researcher 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Zhixiang | Chen | Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Soil Moisture Dynamics | Geotechnical Engineering | Innovative Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Mekash S. | Kifelew | Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resource Research | Canada | Groundwater Hydrology | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Salomon | Salumu Zahera | Institut National du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Hydroinformatics | Hydraulics & hydrology | Research Excellence 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 |
| Dr | Nafiseh | Salehi Siavashani | IDAEA- CSIC | Spain | Water Quality | Machine learning | 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Wenfeng | Du | Henan University | China | Blue-Green Infrastructure | structural engineering | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Xuanhe | Han | Hainan University | China | Hydraulic Engineering | Deepsea Mining | Best Researcher 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 |
| Prof | Mingxing | YANG | Guizhou Institute of Technology | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Pollution Remediation | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |