Award Winner: Prof Michèle Ramsay, Professor: Human Genetics; Director: Sidney Brenner Institute of Molecular Bioscience; and Chair: Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) / National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI): Bioinformatics and Genomics of African Populations, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Award Winner: Prof Christine Lochner, Co-Director: South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department (Dept) of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University (SU)
Award Winner: Dr Vhahangwele Masindi, Research Scientist: Magalies Water; and Principal Researcher: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); and Research Fellow: University of South Africa; and Part-time Lecturer: University of Venda
Award Winner: Prof Richard Walls, Associate Professor: Fire Engineering Research Unit, SU
Award Winner: Professor Judith Kinnaird, Associate Professor and Director: Economic Geology Research Unit; and Co-Director: DSI Centre of Excellence for the Study of Mineral and Energy Deposits, School of Geosciences, Wits
Award Winner: Prof Josua P Meyer, Professor and Head: Dept of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering; and Chair: School of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria
Award Winner: Dr Abimbola Olukemi Windapo, Associate Professor: Dept of Construction Economics and Management, University of Cape Town
Award Winner: Sharksafe (Pty) Ltd, CEO and Co-Inventor: Prof Conrad Matthee, Dept of Botany and Zoology, SU
Award Winner: Prof Faizal Bux, Director and Professor: Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology; and Chair: DSI/NRF SARChI: Wastewater Treatment, Durban University of Technology
Award Winners: South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN), Co-Directors: Prof Mark Collinson and Dr Kobus Herbst, Wits Rural Campus, Mpumalanga
Award Winners:The Smart Spectrum Sharing Team, Team Leader and Chief Research Scientist: Dr Fisseha Mekuria, CSIR
Award Winner: Memeza Shout (Pty) Ltd, Director: Ms Thulile Mthethwa
Award Winner: Prof Jeanine Marnewick Research Chair: Biotechnology and Director (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
Award Winner: Mothong African Heritage, Founder Member, Executive Director and Overseer: Traditional Doctor Ephraim C Mabena
Award Winner: Prof Michael Wingfield, Professor: Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; and Adviser to the Executive, University of Pretoria