| Prof Dr | Yong | Zhang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Academic Excellence Recognition Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Xiaoli | Zhang | Guangdong University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Hengyu | Zhang | Soochow University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Jian | Zhang | Hangzhou Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Liang | Zhang | Central South University | China | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiaohui | Zhang | Hefei University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yanlong | Zhan | Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiangping | Zhai | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Excellence in Applied Sciences Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Marcus | Zervos | Henry Ford Health System | United States | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Constantinos D. | Zeinalipour-Yazdi | Northeastern University London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Thami | ZEGHLOUL | Institut Pprime CNRS Equipe Triboélectrostaique | France | Excellence in Applied Sciences Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Sharjeel | Zareen | National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mrs | Rosa | Zapata | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena | Spain | Young Scientist Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Lior | Zangi | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Germany | Excellence in Innovation Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Ghulam | Zakir-Hassan | Irrigation Research Institute | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Shahbaz | Zafar | University of Sargodha | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Danjuma Abdu | Yusuf | Chongqing University | Nigeria | Excellence in Research Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yudan | Yuan | Suzhou Vocational Institute of Industrial Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Bao | Yuan | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jan | Yperman | UHasselt | Belgium | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |