The Executive Director of the Foundation, Kristin Bartik, with Rebecca Mirzabekiantz, recipient of the 2023-2024 Prize (Brussels, 12 May 2025). Picture by Maxadrien Van Hecke.
The W.J. Ganshof van der Meersch Prize was created in 1994 to honour the memory of Professor W. J. Ganshof van der Meersch and celebrate his contribution to Belgian and European Constitutional Law as well as the decisive role he played in the development of the Foundation.
The prize rewards the merits of a student with an exemplary academic record and who earned their Master of Law degree at the ULB, specializing in public and international law.
| YEAR | LAUREATE |
| 2023 – 2024 | Rebecca MIRZABEKIANTZ |
| 2022 – 2023 | Fiona ARGENTA |
| 2021 – 2022 | Zoé LEJEUNE |
| 2020 – 2021 | Leana DERARD |
| 2019 – 2020 | Helena PLACENTINO |
| 2018 – 2019 | Léna WANLIN |
| 2017 – 2018 | William-James KETTLEWELL |
| 2016 – 2017 | Eugénie DELVAL |
| 2015 – 2016 | Antoine MAYENCE |
| 2014 – 2015 | Cecilia RIZCALLAH |
| 2013 – 2014 | Louise FROMONT |
| 2012 – 2013 | Céline ESTAS |
| 2011 – 2012 | Caroline VAN GANSBEKE |
| 2010 – 2011 | Sandrine BRACHOTTE |
| 2009 – 2010 | Maxime VANDERSTRAETEN |
| 2008 – 2009 | Adélaïde REMICHE |
| 2007 – 2008 | Emmanuel SLAUTSKY |
| 2006 – 2007 | Pauline LAGASSE |
| 2004 – 2005 | Chloe HUBLET |
| 2003 – 2004 | Barbara TRACHTE |
| 2002 – 2003 | Olivier DI GIACOMO |
| 2001 – 2002 | Noémie BULINCKX |
| 2000 – 2001 | Aline VEULEMANS |
| 1998 – 1999 | Christine LARSSEN |
| 1997 – 1998 | Barbara TRUFFIN |
| 1995 – 1996 | France DELOBBE |
| 1994 – 1995 | Isabelle BRACHET |
| 1993 – 1994 | Emmanuelle BRIBOSIA |