| Satoshi Awaji(Tohoku University) | Development of Practical Superconducting Wires and High Field Cryogen-Free Superconducting Magnets |
| Tetsuzo Ueda(Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd.) | Research and Development of Gallium Nitride Power Device for Its Industrialization |
| Takashi Egawa(Nagoya Institute of Technology) | GaN-on-Si Heteroepitaxy and Device Application |
| Yukinori Ono(Shizuoka University) | Study on Single-Charge Transport in SiO2/Si-Based Nanodevices |
| Yoshihiko Kanemitsu(Kyoto University) | Pioneering Research on Nano-Semiconductor Photophysics and Photonics |
| Yoshihiro Kobayashi(Osaka University) | Research and Development on Growth Control of Nanocarbon Materials |
| Tetsuya Takeuchi(Meijo University) | Research on Optical Properties of Nitride Semiconductor Quantum Wells and Applications for Optoelectronic Devices |
| Takuo Tanaka(RIKEN) | Pioneering Research on Nanophotonics Using Metamaterials |
| Masaya Notomi(NTT Basic Research Laboratories) | Studies on Novel Properties of Photonic Crystals and Their Applications for Integrated Nanophotonics |
| Shuji Hasegawa(University of Tokyo) | Development of Four-Probe Electrical Conductivity Measurement Methods in Ultrahigh Vacuum, Applying to Study on Surface and Nano Electronic Transport |
| Yoshio Hayasaki(Center for Optical Research and Education, Utsunomiya University) | Technical Innovations in Holography and Its Social Implementations |
| Hajime Fujikura(Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.) | Development of Growth Technology of Nitride Semiconductors Using HVPE and Its Practical Application |
| Hiroshi Masuhara(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan) | Exploratory Research on Dynamics and Mechanism of Optical Manipulation and Photofabrication of Molecular Nano Materials |
| Satoshi Wada(University of Yamanashi) | Property Enhancement in Perovskite Ferroelectrics by Nano/Mesoscopic Complex-Structure Control |