Prizes and Grants
Discover the awards, honors, and grants received by members of the ULB’s Laboratory of Medical Psychology and Addiction Studies (LPMA). These recognitions attest to the quality of the scientific work conducted by the team and the support provided for its research activities.
Dr. Salvatore Campanella – Laboratory Director
Ph.D. in Psychological and Educational Sciences (March 2001, UCL).
Research Director at the National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S./FNRS)
Director of the Laboratory of Medical Psychology and Addiction Studies
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at ULB
Phone: 0032 2 477 28 51
Salvatore Campanella's Awards and Grants
Grants received as principal or co-applicant
- FNRS – Researcher Grant – 16,600 euros (2011) – “The Impact of Binge Drinking on Neurocognitive Functioning”
- ERAB: The European Foundation for Alcohol Research – 100,000 euros for 2 years (2011–12) – ref. EA 10 30: “Binge drinking: cognitive and brain impairment and their association with immune response.”
- FNRS – Researcher Grant – 29,717 euros (2013) – “An ERP evaluation of chronic alcoholism”
- PERNOD-RICARD – Research Grant – 60,000 euros (September 2013–2014) – “Binge Drinking Among Erasmus Students”
- BRUGMANN Foundation – Project: “Using ERPs to Guide Cognitive Rehabilitation in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder” – 35,000 euros (2015).
- Alcohol Research Foundation (FRA) – Project: “Study of the Motor Correlates of Alcohol Craving Using Posturography ” – Collaboration with the University of Picardie (Amiens, France), Professors Mouras and Lelard – 8,000 EUR (March 2017).
- BRUGMANN Foundation – Project: “Verify whether the use of a new tool—namely, posturography—could help predict whether alcoholics who have recently completed detoxification are at high risk of relapse within a three-month period following detoxification” – 19,820 EUR (2017).
- BRUGMANN Foundation – Project: “Investigate the impact of alcohol consumption on inhibitory abilities, as well as the role of inhibition in the phenomenon of relapse in alcohol dependence, and more specifically, to differentiate the specific role of a deficit in proactive and/or reactive strategies ” – 35,000 EUR (2019).
- BRUGMANN Foundation – Project: “Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) as Biomarkers of Cognitive Alterations in Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and an Adapted Cognitive Training Program” – 25,000 EUR (2021).
- FNRS – Researcher Grant – 22,440 euros (2021) – “Preventing the risk of relapse in patients with alcohol dependence by combining neuromodulation techniques to enhance cognitive abilities.”
- FRIA/FRESH (ULB) 2022 Catch-up – One Year of Support for a Ph.D. Student (Seed Money) – 36,250 EUR – “Development of a combined neuropsychological/electrophysiological battery as a biomarker of multiple cognitive impairments and its application to poly-drug users.”
- IRIS-Recherche Fund, King Baudouin Foundation (2022) – grant of 25,000 EUR – “Development of a battery of event-related potentials (ERPs) as an additional tool to identify multiple cognitive impairments in psychiatric patients.”
- BRUGMANN Foundation – Project: “Development of a battery of event-related potentials (ERPs) as an add-on tool to identify multiple cognitive impairments in psychiatric patients” – 6,000 EUR (2023).
- IRIS Research Fund, King Baudouin Foundation – Project: “A Study on the Effectiveness of Post-Retrieval Extinction of Alcohol-Related Memory Reconsolidation Using Virtual Reality and Brain Stimulation in Individuals with Severe Alcohol-Use Disorder” C. Kornreich, X. Noel, and S. Campanella – 40,000 EUR (2024).
Dr. Xavier NOËL – Senior Researcher, FNRS
Ph.D. in Psychological and Educational Sciences (September 2000, ULg).
Senior Researcher at the National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S./FNRS)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at ULB
Phone: 0032 2 477 27 05
Xavier.Noel@ulb.be
Awards and Grants Received by Xavier Noël
MAIN GRANTS AWARDED 2021–2025 (last 5 years)
- 2021–2023: Belgian Association of Gaming Operators: €450,000 (Research on Online Behavioral Tracking in Internet Gambling)
- 2024–2026: IRIS Research: €40,000 (with Charles Kornreich and Salvatore Campanella) Study on the Effectiveness of Post-Retrieval Extinction of Alcohol-Related Memory Reconsolidation Using Virtual Reality and Brain Stimulation in Individuals with Severe Alcohol Use Disorder)
- 2024–2026: Belgian Association of Gaming Operators: €450,000 (Research on Online Behavioral Tracking in Internet Gambling)
- 2025–2029: Joint Research Project F.R.S./FNRS & FWO (with Prof. Agnes Moors): €600,000 (A Goal-Directed Approach to Gambling and Alcohol Addiction)