| Dr | Shadrack | Mwatu | KIPPRA | Kenya | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Dejenie | Mengistie | 1 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, National Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Holeta, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Samapika | Mallik | IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | India | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Elhassan | Makled | Technische Universität Ilmenau | Egypt | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Mohamed | Maklad | Cleveland Clinic | United States | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Hengrui | Ma | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | yuanyuan | lu | Communication University of China | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | yuanyuan | Liu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Women in VR Research Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Andreia | Lima | ESS-IPVC | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Joel Poncha | Lemayian | ETS | Canada | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Christiane | Lange-Küttner | Universität Bremen | Germany | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Davar | Khodadadi | Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch | Iran | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Amir | Karimi | Farhangian University | Iran | Young VR Scientist Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Ali | Kaddour | University of Tipaza | Algeria | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Youngwoo | Jeon | Yeouido ST. Mary hospital, Catholic Medical Center | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Hamraz | Javaheri | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Germany | Women in VR Research Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Julian | Humml | California Institute of Technology | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Kateřina | Holušová | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Jennifer | Hayakawa | Rady Children”s Health Orange County | United States | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Ali | Hainoun | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | Austria | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |