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Peter Broekema

Peter Broekema

With: London School of Economics

Role: Grant Applications Manager

Peter Meister Broekema works at LSE as grant applications manager. He supports academics in obtaining large grants and developing projects. Recently, ARMA named LSE’s research development team as team of the year. Before moving to LSE, Peter worked for the University of Groningen and as a private consultant and project manager.

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Three members of the LSE research development team flanked by a representative of award sponsor Worktribe and the ARMA awards MC.

How improved research support helped LSE to clinch key research grants

The London School of Economics' (LSE) research development team’s success in increasing the percentage of large research grants from 46% to 75% earned it team of the year at this year’s ARMA awards. In this blogpost Peter Broekema and Aygen Kurt-Dickson describe how a series of changes in research support boosted researchers’ success rate in larger and more prestigious funding schemes.