Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

The Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School welcomes students from across the Boston area who are interested in negotiation, mediation, and conflict management. Advancing issues of negotiation is central to our mission of helping individuals become more effective leaders. That’s why we offer students access to expert insights, internship opportunities, funding for research, and more.

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EXPLORE OUR STUDENT RESOURCES
INSIGHTS FROM WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS

We host various events throughout the year, including conversations with world leaders, film series, book discussions, and seminars on current negotiation and mediation tactics employed around the globe. For details about upcoming events, click here.

PON Graduate Student Grant applications due April 2
PON Next Generation Grant applications due May 7

FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH

PON provides fellowship and grant opportunities to help qualified individuals pursue academic research and projects in the field of negotiation.

Graduate Research Fellowships
Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Each fellow receives a $35,000 stipend for one year of dissertation research and writing in negotiation and related topics in alternative dispute resolution. The fellowship also provides full access to PON facilities and Harvard libraries.

For list of past awardees and application process, click here.

Summer Fellowships
Summer fellowship grants focus on the connection between scholarship and practice in negotiation and dispute resolution by supporting students interested in exploring career paths, either professional or academic. Summer fellowships provide students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, and other Boston-area schools with up to $3,500 for internships or summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, nonprofit, or academic organizations..

For list of past awardees and application process, click here.

Next Generation Grants
Next Generation Grants support research in negotiation and conflict resolution by nontenured faculty and doctoral students. Faculty and students from any school or department within PON’s interuniversity consortium (Harvard, MIT, Tufts) may apply. Postdoctoral students with formal affiliations to Harvard or one of our consortium schools are also welcome to apply. Doctoral student grants are limited to $5,000; nontenured, tenure-track faculty grants are limited to $10,000.

For list of past awardees and application process, click here.

Graduate Student Grants
Our Student Grants program supports cutting-edge research projects in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution at the graduate level. Grants are awarded for specific research projects in amounts of up to $1,000. Students from any Boston-area school may apply.

For list of past awardees and application process, click here.

COURSES

Harvard Law School Negotiation and Mediation Programs
Harvard Law School offers a number of negotiation and mediation opportunities in addition to the offerings at PON:


PON Live! Book Talk: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Negotiation: Very Short Introduction to Negotiation

Diane Long   •  03/01/2024   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Book Cover

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:

PON Live! Book Talk
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Negotiation:
Very Short Introduction to Negotiation

with:

Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Chancellor’s and Distinguished Professor of Law (and Political Science)
University of California Irvine
 
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public
Click to … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: Conflict or Common Interests? Negotiation Choices with Science Diplomacy

Diane Long   •  02/26/2024   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Paul Arthur Berkman

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:

Conflict or Common Interests? Negotiation Choices with Science Diplomacy

An interview with:

Paul Arthur Berkman
Founder of the Science Diplomacy Center™
United States Fellow of the International Science Council
Associate Director of Science Diplomacy, Harvard-MIT Public Disputes Program
Fellow with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
 
Tuesday, March … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Impression (Mis)Management

Diane Long   •  02/14/2024   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Ovul_Sezer

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:

PON Live!
Impression (Mis)Management

A webinar with:

Övül Sezer
Assistant Professor
Management & Organizations
Cornell University
 
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
Click to access the Zoom registration link.
The session will be recorded. Pending approval, we will post the recording on this page … Read PON Live! Impression (Mis)Management

Kelman Seminar: What We Are Learning From Behavioral Science About a World in Conflict

Diane Long   •  01/24/2024   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Timothy Phillips

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:

What We Are Learning From Behavioral Science About a World in Conflict
 

 
A virtual talk with:

Tim Phillips
Founder and CEO, Beyond Conflict
 
Monday, February 12, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
Click to access Zoom registration link.
This session will be … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Book Talk: Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

Diane Long   •  11/28/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:

PON Live! Book Talk
Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

with:

William Ury
Co-founder, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard University
Founder, Abraham Path Initiative
Co-founder, Climate Parliament

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Free and … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: War in Ukraine: Where We Are Now

Diane Long   •  11/15/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:

War in Ukraine: Where We Are Now

A virtual talk with:

Alexandra Vacroux
Executive Director
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University

 
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.

About the talk:

The war in Ukraine has lasted 21 months, … Read Kelman Seminar: War in Ukraine: Where We Are Now

Kelman Seminar: Where Do We Fit In? Rethinking the Role of EU Peacebuilding Missions

Diane Long   •  10/26/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Kieran-Doyle

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:

Where Do We Fit In? Rethinking the Role of EU Peacebuilding Missions

A virtual talk with:

Kieran Doyle
Associate Professor, Department of International Development
Assistant Director, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention
Maynooth University
 
Monday, November 20, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Hot Labor Summer 2023: Where We Are and How We Got Here

Diane Long   •  10/16/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Sharon Block

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:

PON Live!
Hot Labor Summer 2023: Where We Are and How We Got Here

with:

Sharon Block
Professor of Practice
Executive Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Harvard Law School
 

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.

About the talk:

The U.S. … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Resolving the Parthenon Marbles Dispute

Diane Long   •  10/02/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

The Parthenon Marbles Dispute

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:

PON Live! Book Talk
Resolving the Parthenon Marbles Dispute
A fresh take on one of the world’s longest-standing cultural disputes.

 

with:

Alexander Herman
Director, Institute of Art and Law, United Kingdom

Nicholas O’Donnell
Partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston

 
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Free … Read PON Live! Resolving the Parthenon Marbles Dispute

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