| Prof | Lior | Zangi | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Germany | Excellence in Innovation Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mrs | Rosa | Zapata | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena | Spain | Young Scientist Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Sharjeel | Zareen | National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Thami | ZEGHLOUL | Institut Pprime CNRS Equipe Triboélectrostaique | France | Excellence in Applied Sciences Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Constantinos D. | Zeinalipour-Yazdi | Northeastern University London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Marcus | Zervos | Henry Ford Health System | United States | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiangping | Zhai | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Excellence in Applied Sciences Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yanlong | Zhan | Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | haowei | zhang | The university of hong kong | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Kai | Zhang | Air Force Engineering University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Heng | Zhang | Department of Space Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| 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 |
| Ms | Tianchuang | Zhao | Jilin University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Feng | Zhao | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Bin | Zheng | Tianjin University | China | Outstanding Scientist Award | inventionawards.org |