| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tomomi | Terajima | DPRI | Japan | Catchment Hydrology | Hillslope hydrology | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Claudia | Cherubini | Università degli studi di Trieste | Italy | Groundwater Hydrology | Unsaturated zone | Research Excellence 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 | Fangfang | Li | China Agricultural University | China | Water-Energy Nexus | Management of Hybrid Hydro-PV-Wind Energy System | Women Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | kai | song | taiyuan university of scicence and technology | China | Water Resources | Water resource transformation | Young Scientist Award | hydrologists.net |