| Mr | Yi | Cui | Stanford University | United States | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yifeng | Ren | Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yinhui | Li | Taiyuan University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YiWei | Li | Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yiwen | LIN | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Yong | Zhang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Academic Excellence Recognition Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | yongcaho | XUE | China University of Petroleum （Beijing）） | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Young Hun | Jeong | Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yousef | Kazemzadeh | Persian Gulf University | Iran | Best Innovation Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yousef | Bin Jardan | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | youyi | sun | north university of china | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yu | Guo | Anhui Science and Technology University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yudan | Yuan | Suzhou Vocational Institute of Industrial Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Yuhan | Liu | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Ms | Yuhui | Jing | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yuniesky | Andrade-Talavera | Universidad Pablo de Olavide | Spain | Best Innovation Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zahra | Al Timimi | Laser Physics Department, College of Science for Women, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq | Iraq | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zaid | Altukhi | University of technology Sydney | Australia | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | zhangbao | xu | Fuyang Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | zhaoyang | wang | Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |