| Dr | Dafalla | Wadi | University of Bahri | Saudi Arabia | Water Resources | Sudan | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Congyue | Zhou | Zhejiang university | China | Climate Change Impacts | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Claudia | Cherubini | Università degli studi di Trieste | Italy | Groundwater Hydrology | Unsaturated zone | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Caixiang | Zhang | China University of Geosciences | China | Groundwater Hydrology | Jianghan Plain | Best Researcher 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 |