On February 14, 2022, the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov presented the medals «Scientist of the Year of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus» to the winners of the competition «Scientist of the Year of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus».

Top awards given to:
- the winner of the 2017 competition – Emilia Ivanovna Kolomiets, academician, doctor of biological sciences, professor, general director of the State Scientific and Production Association of Chemical Synthesis and Biotechnology» - director of the State Scientific Institution «Institute of Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus»;
- the winner of the competition in 2018 – Nikolai Kazak, academician, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, general director of the State Scientific and Production Association of Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology;
- the winner of the 2019 competition – Alexander Kavalenya, Academician, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Humanities and Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus;
- the winner of the 2020 competition – Vladimir Agabekov, academician, doctor of chemical sciences, professor, head of the department of the Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus;
- the winner of the 2021 competition – Alexander Ilyushchenko, academician, doctor of technical sciences, professor, general director of the State Scientific and Production Association of Powder Metallurgy.

Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov presented Fyodor Privalov, General Director of the Republican Center for Agriculture Research and Production Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus with the badge «Big medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus».

Academician Vladimir Agabekov was awarded the Special Prize of the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.