| Assoc Prof Dr | Filippo | Gambella | Univerity of Sassari, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Italia 39 a, 07100-Sassari, Italy | Italy | Tech Innovations | strategic management | Innovative Research Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Giovanna | DELLA PORTA | University of Salerno | Italy | Medical Hypotheses | Research Hypothesis Excellence Award | Medical Hypothesis Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Monica | Maranesi | University of Parma | Italy | Experimental Design | Neuroscience | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Francesca | Vitali | University of Verona | Italy | Social Sciences | Sport & Exercise Psychology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Arianna | D'Ulizia | Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche | Italy | Human-Computer Interaction | multimodal interaction, natural language processing, co-design | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maria Luisa | Astolfi | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | Chemistry and Materials Science | Analytical chemistry/food | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | rosanna | mallamaci | University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' | Italy | Biology and Life Sciences | Impact of stress (including environmental stress) on physiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Marco | Ugolini | CA.RE. FOR. Engineering | Italy | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Bioenergy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Giambattista | Bufalino | Department of Educational Science | Italy | Social Sciences | Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Federico | Bozzetti | ASLC | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Oncology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jessica | PONTI | European Commission-Joint Research Centre-Ispra-Italy | Italy | Nanotechnology | Electron Microscopy/biology/methods development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | gennaro | pipino | San Raffaele University Milan | Italy | Hypothesis Fundamentals | Hip and knee | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Lucia | Ciranna | Università di Catania | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Neuroscience | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Concetta | Rondinelli | Banca d'Italia | Italy | Social Sciences | Economics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Albina | Tummolo | Children Hospital Giovanni XXIII | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Inherited metabolic disorders -Nutrition | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Mariarosaria | Negri | Pegaso University | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Metabolism and endocrine disorders | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Viviana | De Luca | IBBR-CNR | Italy | Biology and Life Sciences | Biomateriali / Nanobiotecnologie | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Giuseppe | Messina | San Raffaele University of Rome, Italy | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nanotechnology | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Domenico | Martone | Unioversità Parthenope - Napioli, Italy | Italy | Biology and Life Sciences | Scienze dell'esercizio fisico e dello sport | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Johnny | Padulo | Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano | Italy | Medicine and Health Sciences | adherence | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |