| Dr | Jendrian | Riedel | Hochschule Bremen | Germany | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Christian | Dzuvor | Harvard University | United States | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Daniel | Daneshvar | Harvard Medical School | United States | Global Impact Award in Virtual Reality | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Liwei | Sun | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Hamraz | Javaheri | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Germany | Women in VR Research Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | SUNGEUN | SUH | Gachon Unniversity | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Amir | Karimi | Farhangian University | Iran | Young VR Scientist Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Fatima | GHAZI | Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco | Morocco | Excellence in VR for Healthcare Applications Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Joel Poncha | Lemayian | ETS | Canada | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Yilkal Melak | Assaye | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Fogera National Rice and Training Center, Technology Multiplication and Seed Research, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Andreia | Lima | ESS-IPVC | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Sevil | Güler | Erciyes University | Turkey | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Fita | Dehnie | Dilla University | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Marta | Szepietowska | Department of Dermatology, Jagillonian University Medical College | Poland | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | yuanyuan | lu | Communication University of China | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Guoning | ZHAO | Communication University of China | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Mohamed | Maklad | Cleveland Clinic | United States | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Lu | Ye | Civil Aviation Flight University of China | China | Best VR Faculty Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | yuanyuan | Liu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Women in VR Research Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Tania | Gonzalez | Centro de Investigación Cientifica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California | Mexico | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |