| Prof. Dr | Chaowei | Yang | George Mason Univ. | United States | Excellence in Research Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yerang | Yang | Korea Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Xinyang | Yao | Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Geodynamic Processes and Metallogenic Prognosis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Duen-Yian | Yeh | Guangdong-Taiwan College of Industrial Science & Technology/ Dongguan University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Darkhan | Yerezhep | Satbayev University | Kazakhstan | Distinguished Scientist Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Arebu Hussen | Yimer | Mekdela Amba University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Lizhao | You | Xiamen University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad | Younus | Ural Federal University, Russia | Russia | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | ha | yousefi | Kookmin University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jan | Yperman | UHasselt | Belgium | Research Excellence 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 |
| Mr | Danjuma Abdu | Yusuf | Chongqing University | Nigeria | Excellence in Research Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Shahbaz | Zafar | University of Sargodha | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Ghulam | Zakir-Hassan | Irrigation Research Institute | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| 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 |