| Prof Dr | Željko | Šitum | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture | Croatia | Academic Excellence Recognition Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zenglin | Wu | Nanfang College Guangzhou | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zewudu Mulatie | Worku | Wollo university | Ethiopia | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | zhangbao | xu | Fuyang Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhangxin (Frank) | Liu | The University of Western Australia | Australia | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | zhaoyang | wang | Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Zhe | Wang | Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zhe | Wang | Guangxi Minzu University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zhenyan | Xia | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zheting | Meng | Institute of Optics and Electron | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zhong | Tang | Vango Technologies, Inc. | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhonghua | Liu | Chongqing university of science and techenology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Zsuzsanna | Suba | National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zuizhi | Lu | Guangxi Minzu University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |