| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Malik Muhammad | Akhtar | BUITEMS, Pakistan | Pakistan | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Recharge | Groundwater Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | EUGENIO | SANZ PEREZ | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. España | Spain | Water Resources | Groundwater (karst) | Excellence in Research Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Azad | Sadeghi | university of North Carolina at Charlotte | United States | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater, Surfacewater interaction | Excellence in Innovation Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Guoqian | Chen | Peking University | China | Water Resources | Social hydrology | Excellence in Hydrology Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | ABHIJEET | DAS | C.V. Raman Global University (CGU), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India | India | Water Resources | Water Resources Engineering and GIS | Breakthrough Research 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 |
| Prof. Dr | 玉忠 | 杨 | 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院 | China | Climate Hydrology | 冰冻圈水文 | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Yuxiang | Ying | ZheJiang University | China | Ecohydrology | Fluid Dynamics | Best Researcher 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 | Mingxing | YANG | Guizhou Institute of Technology | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Pollution Remediation | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Kaiyan | Wang | School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology | China | Hydropower Systems | electric engineering | Best Researcher 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. Dr | Mohammad | Nejad | Yasouj University | Iran | Hydraulic Engineering | Pressure Vessel | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Caixiang | Zhang | China University of Geosciences | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Jianghan Plain | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Zeling | Zhao | College of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology | China | Sustainable Water Use | mechanical engineering | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Sachin Sharma | Ashok Kumar | Taylor's University | Malaysia | Climate Change Impacts | Corrosion Science | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Guanhua | Huang | China Agricultural University | China | Agricultural Hydrology | Natural Science | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | xiaojun | Tang | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Hydroinformatics | Monitoring of underground water | 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 |