| Hanif | Haidari | Future Industries Institute | Australia | Emerging Research Trends | Drug delivery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joydip | Mondal | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia | Australia | Temporal Data Patterns | Multiphase flow and acoustics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Martin | Skitmore | Bond University | Australia | Data-informed Decision Making | Project management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Giselle | Cooke | University of Sydney | Australia | Interdisciplinary Data Insights | Stallion fertility and the microbiome | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Michael | O'Brien | La Trobe University | Australia | Healthcare Data Analysis | Orthopaedics and physiotherapy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Flavia | Medeiros Savi | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Data Analysis Innovation | Regenerative Medicine | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Justine | Gibson | The University of Queenslnd | Australia | others | Veterinary Bacteriology and Point of Care Diagnostics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Sara | Taha | The University of Melbourne | Australia | Social Impact | Unaccompanied refugee children | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Aufeef | Chauhan | The University of Adelaide | Australia | Machine Learning and AI Applications | Autonomous Systems and Cloud-edge Computing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Abbas | Jamalipour | University of Sydney | Australia | IoT (Internet of Things) Analytics | Wireless Data Communications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Sijan | Bhandari | University of Southern Queensland | Australia | Data Visualization | Spatial Data Analysis | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Nirmal | Gautam | The University of Southern Queensland | Australia | Healthcare Data Analysis | Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Walid | El Hamad | University of Wollongong | Australia | Real-world Case Studies | The extractive Industry in Nigeria/ Transparency and accountability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | François | Guillard | School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney | Australia | Data Science | Granular Materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Neil | Page | Deloitte | Australia | Environmental Data Analysis | Atmospheric Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ruihao | Zeng | TransportLab, The University of Sydney, School of Civil Engineering | Australia | Smart Cities and Urban Analytics | Intelligent Transport Systems | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Nishant | Agarwal | University of Western Australia | Australia | Financial Data Analysis | Accounting | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Samia | Zahra | Griffith University | Australia | Government and Public Policy Analysis | Energy Economics | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Shaun | Suitor | University of Tasmania | Australia | Real-world Case Studies | Environmental Economics | Cross-Border Analytics Pinnacle Award | View Profile |
| Almazea | Fatima | University of Sydney | Australia | Quantitative Social Science Research | Minning and agriculture | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |