| Prof | Helen | O'Connell | University of Melbourne | Australia | Data-informed Decision Making | Urogynaecology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Junaid | Akram | The University of Sydney | Australia | Environmental Data Analysis | Crowdsourcing | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Janelle | Davidson | University of Wollongong | Australia | Educational Data Analysis | leadership | | View Profile |
| Dr | Lin | Li | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Qualitative Research | Bioengineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Lan | Wu | UTS | Australia | Emerging Research Trends | Emerging pollutants | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Viken | Kortian | Macquarie University | Australia | Big Data Analytics | Maturity Model | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Stefan | Danylak | University of Queensland | Australia | Biosensing and Bioimaging | Musculoskeletal injury prevention for dental workforce | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Ms | Skye | Playsted | The University of Queensland | Australia | Educational Data Analysis | English language teaching | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Skye | Playsted | The University of Queensland | Australia | Educational Data Analysis | English language teaching | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shawn (Xiaoguang) | Chen | University of Western Australia | Australia | regression analysis | Public policy | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yang | Peng | The University of Queensland | Australia | public health analytics | epidemiology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wei | Zhang | University of Tasmania | Australia | Statistical Methods | panel data, longitudinal data, cross-sectional data, Bi-level programming | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hayley | Williams | The Universtiy of Queensland | Australia | Qualitative Research | Indigenous Research Methodologies | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zhaohua | Zhu | University of Sydney | Australia | public health analytics | Physical activity and mortality | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dr. Farshid | Keivanian | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning / Evolutionary Computation | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Emmanuel | Simon | ANU | Australia | Machine Learning and AI Applications | Software Management | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Chad | Jarolimek | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | Environmental Data Analysis | Internatinal Research Data Analysis Excellence | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Dr | Viviana | Sastre-Gomez | Melbourne University | Australia | public health analytics | Child Exploitation and Risk Analytics in Residential Care | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohamed | Elshorbagi | Western Sydney University | Australia | engineering | Structural Fire safety | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Harikesh | Singh | University of the Sunshine Coast | Australia | Geospatial Intelligence | Forest Fire | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |