| 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Jun | Qiu | Beijing Normal University | China | Water Security | Atmospheric Water Harvesting | Innovative Water Solutions Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | SILVIA | CHAMIZO CHECA | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Mexico | Watershed Management | Water availability | Lifetime Achievement Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Nicholas | Kounis | University of Patras | Greece | Climate Change Impacts | Crdiology | Research Excellence 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 |
| Ms | Yishu | Wang | Shandong Agricultural University | China | Climate Hydrology | Hydrological Modeling, Flood Control & Disaster Reduction | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | NSHIMIYIMANA | Elisee | Zhejiang ocean University | China | Water Quality | Aquaculture / Environmental Science | 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 |
| 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Evangelia | Farsirotou | University of Thessaly | Greece | Flood Modeling | River Hydraulics | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Danielle | Kassada | University of Campinas | Brazil | Climate Change Impacts | Health and Climate Change | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Nafiseh | Salehi Siavashani | IDAEA- CSIC | Spain | Water Quality | Machine learning | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Dafalla | Wadi | University of Bahri | Saudi Arabia | Water Resources | Sudan | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |