Laureates & Media
Laureate 2025
Albena Jordanova
Affiliation at the time of the Award : Group Leader - VIB-UAntwerp. Professor - UAntwerp. Professor - Sofia Medical University, Bulgaria.
Born : 4 July 1969
Laureate 2024
Patrik Verstreken
Affiliation at the time of the Award : Scientific Director - VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research. Full Professor - Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven.
Born : 28 July 1974
Laureate 2023
Sabine Costagliola
Affiliation at the time of the Award : FNRS’ Research Director - ULB. Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology (IRIBHM) - ULB.
Born : 14 May 1961
Laureate 2022
Ludo Van Den Bosch
Affiliation at the time of the Award : Director – Laboratory of Neurobiology, KULeuven. Group Leader – VIB, Center for Brain & Disease Research.
Born : 7 October 1964
Laureate 2021
Rosa Rademakers
Affiliation at the time of the Award : Professor – UAntwerpen. Science Director, Senior Group Leader – VIB. Supplemental Consultant – Mayo Clinic, FL, USA.
Born : 28 June 1978, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Laureate 2020
Pierre Vanderhaeghen
Affiliation at the time of the Award : Professor – KU Leuven. Group Leader – VIB. Part-time Professor – ULB.
Born : 30 August 1967, Brussels, Belgium
Laureate 2019
Steven Laureys
Affiliation at the time of the Award: F.R.S.-FNRS Research Director – Coma Science Group – ULiège
Born: 24 December 1968, Leuven, Belgium
Laureate 2018
Miikka Vikkula
Affiliation at the time of the Award: Professor of genetics at the de Duve Institute – UCL
Born: 12 May 1965, Espoo, Finland
Schedule of the 2026 call
- Opening of the call: 16 February 2026
- Pre-proposals deadline: 20 April 2026
- First Panel meeting: 27 May 2026
- Invitation for full proposals: Following the first Panel meeting
- Full proposals deadline: 6 July 2026
- Second Panel meeting: 17 November 2026
- Start of the research: 1 January 2027