- Carter, D., & Broersma, M. How cognates affect codeswitching: A large-scale study of Welsh-English bilinguals. British Academy Small Research Grant, 2011.
- Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal for outstanding scientific achievements, 2007.
- BLVD’s One of the hundred most promising women of the year 2006.
- Three year VENI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 2006.
- Second place Best Student Paper Competition, 147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, 2004.
- Three months Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission, 2003.
- Thesis Award from the Dutch Association of Applied Linguistics Anéla, 2000.
- Three year Ph.D. stipend from the Max Planck Society, 2000.
- Undergraduate degree in Applied Linguistics from Nijmegen University, The Netherlands, cum laude, 2000.