| Dr | Wuletawu | Abera | Internationla Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Ethiopia | Surface Water | Lake water surface dynamics | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Malik Muhammad | Akhtar | BUITEMS, Pakistan | Pakistan | Groundwater Hydrology | Groundwater Recharge | Groundwater Research Excellence 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Sachin Sharma | Ashok Kumar | Taylor's University | Malaysia | Climate Change Impacts | Corrosion Science | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Guoqian | Chen | Peking University | China | Water Resources | Social hydrology | Excellence in Hydrology Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Claudia | Cherubini | Università degli studi di Trieste | Italy | Groundwater Hydrology | Unsaturated zone | Research Excellence 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 |
| Mrs | Debadrita | Das | Jadavpur University | India | Agricultural Hydrology | Water Soil Plant system | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | Xiaofeng | Ding | Guangdong University of Technology | China | Water Quality | Water Quality | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Wenfeng | Du | Henan University | China | Blue-Green Infrastructure | structural engineering | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Mr | NSHIMIYIMANA | Elisee | Zhejiang ocean University | China | Water Quality | Aquaculture / Environmental Science | 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. Dr | Evangelia | Farsirotou | University of Thessaly | Greece | Flood Modeling | River Hydraulics | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Dr | Xuanhe | Han | Hainan University | China | Hydraulic Engineering | Deepsea Mining | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Guanhua | Huang | China Agricultural University | China | Agricultural Hydrology | Natural Science | Best Researcher Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof. Dr | Danielle | Kassada | University of Campinas | Brazil | Climate Change Impacts | Health and Climate Change | Research Excellence Award | hydrologists.net |
| Prof | Nicholas | Kounis | University of Patras | Greece | Climate Change Impacts | Crdiology | 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 | Fangfang | Li | China Agricultural University | China | Water-Energy Nexus | Management of Hybrid Hydro-PV-Wind Energy System | Women 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 |