| Prof | Jaeyoung | Cho | University of Wollongong in Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Environmental Data Analysis | Data Management for Environment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Namrata | Gupta | University of Wollongong in Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Quantitative Research | Financial data analysis | Women 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 | Janelle | Davidson | University of Wollongong | Australia | Educational Data Analysis | leadership | | View Profile |
| Dr | Marlon | Mundt | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | Data-informed Decision Making | Cost-Effectiveness | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Stroma | Cole | University of Westminster | United Kingdom | Others | Interdisciplinary Mixed Method Research | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Ms | Ioanna | Vasiliadou | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | Environmental Data Analysis | mathematical modelling | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Mr | Nishant | Agarwal | University of Western Australia | Australia | Financial Data Analysis | Accounting | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shawn (Xiaoguang) | Chen | University of Western Australia | Australia | regression analysis | Public policy | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Stephen | Robinson-Enebeli | University of Waterloo | Canada | Data Visualization | Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Razieh | Fazaeli | university of Waterloo | Canada | Environmental Data Analysis | Photocatalyst | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Andrea | Permana | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | Environmental Data Analysis | Animal Behaviour | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Iwona | STACHLEWSKA | University of Warsaw - Faculty of Physics | Poland | Environmental Data Analysis | Air-pollution analysis methods: synergy of model and measurements data | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hanna | Wilczura-Wachnik | University of Warsaw | Poland | Data Analysis | Physicochemistry of microemulsions containing bioactive compounds | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zdzislaw | Kaliniewicz | University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie | Poland | engineering | seed properties | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Marialuisa | Gandolfi | University of Verona | Italy | Healthcare Data Analysis | Neurological disorders | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Claudio | Sorio | University of Verona | Italy | Predictive Modeling Innovations | theratyping | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mmamokoma Grace | MAPONYA | University of Venda | South Africa | Spatial Data Analysis | Ecology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Amir Reza | Rahimi | University of Valencia | Spain | Innovation in Data Analysis | Computer Assisted Language Learning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Fatemeh | Shah-Mohammadi | University of Utah | United States | Machine Learning and AI Applications | Clinical Data Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |