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 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:


Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

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Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS)

2100 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20427
Tel: (202) 606-8100
Fax: (202) 606-4251

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Contact: Dan Ellerman, Human Resources Director, FMCS National Office
(202) 606-5460
dellerman@fmcs.gov

For over 60 years, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) have delivered neutral and confidential conflict resolution assistance to the nation’s unionized workplaces. The FMCS was created by Congress as an … Read Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Harvard Mediation Program

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Harvard Mediation Program

002 Austin Hall
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617)495-1854
Fax: (617)496-2294
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/hmp/

Contact: Maureen Griffin
mgriffin@law.harvard.edu

The Harvard Mediation Program (HMP) is a student practice and clinical organization of Harvard Law School. HMP offers mediation training and practice opportunities to a small number of community members in addition to its students. Trainees will co-mediate under the supervision of an … Read Harvard Mediation Program

Insight Collaborative

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Insight Collaborative

47 Winter Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02108 – 4774
Tel: (617)948-0006 or 1-800-440-1070
Fax: (617)249-0725
http://www.insightcollaborative.org

Insight Collaborative is dedicated to resolving conflict and improving relationships around the world. Through conflict management education and dispute resolution services, we maximize the ability of individuals and organizations to promote peace, operate efficiently, and to effect positive change. As a 501(c)3 … Read Insight Collaborative

International Center for Conciliation

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International Center for Conciliation (ICfC)

P.O. Box 15001,
Boston, MA 02215
(617)353-4428
http://www.CenterforConciliation.org

Contact: Cathi Stewart, ICfC Office Manager
617-353-4428
CStewart@CenterforConciliation.org

The International Center for Conciliation (ICfC) aspires to create lasting peace in conflicted communities worldwide. Most conflict resolution efforts attempt to set the past aside. However, the past is never over; historical grievance is ever available to stir up conflict even when … Read International Center for Conciliation

Massachusetts Department of Education (Bureau of Special Education Appeals)

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Massachusetts Department of Education (Bureau of Special Education Appeals)

350 Main Street
Malden, Massachusetts, 02148
(781) 338-6402
http://www.doe.mass.edu/bsea/

Contact: Richard Connolly

The Bureau of Special Education Appeals (”BSEA”) conducts mediations, advisory opinions and due process hearings to resolve disputes among parents, school districts, private schools and state agencies. The BSEA derives its authority from both federal law and regulations (the Individuals … Learn More About This Program

Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution

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Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution

University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack Bldg. 1st Floor, Room 627
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-4040; fax: 617-287-4049
www.umb.edu/modr

Executive Director: Susan M. Jeghelian
susan.jeghelian@umb.edu

Deputy Director: Loraine M. Della Porta
loraine.dellaporta@umb.edu

The Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration (MODR), formerly a state agency, is now a free-standing institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston. MODR’s mission is … Read Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution

Mediation Works Incorporated

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Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI)

4 Faneuil Hall – Fourth Floor
Boston, MA 02109-1632
617-973-9739 x22
800-348-4888
617-973-9532 fax
www.mwi.org

Mediator / Executive Director: Charles P. Doran
cdoran@mwi.org

Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI) is dedicated to providing innovative dispute resolution services and training to corporate, institutional and individual clients seeking to resolve difficult disputes.

MWI’s Training Programs include public and private “in-house” basic and advanced mediation and … Read Mediation Works Incorporated

Mercy Corps

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Mercy Corps

The Roger Fisher House
9 Waterhouse St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 354-5444
www.mercycorps.org

Contact: Jenny Vaughan, Program Officer
jvaughan@cr.mercycorps.org

Mercy Corps is a relief and development organization that works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Our mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people … Read Mercy Corps

The M.I.T.-Harvard Public Disputes Program

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The M.I.T.-Harvard Public Disputes Program

512 Pound Hall
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA 02138

Managing Directors: David Fairman and Patrick Field
Founder and Senior Advisor: Lawrence Susskind

Contact: Ed Minor
617-844-1113
eminor@cbuilding.org

The Public Disputes Program (PDP) seeks to bring together scholars and professionals to improve the practice of negotiation, mediation, and conflict management in the public sector. The Program undertakes basic and applied … Read The M.I.T.-Harvard Public Disputes Program

National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman

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National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman

Center for Cooperative Resolution
Building 31, Room 2B63
31 Center Drive, MSC 2087
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2087
Tel: (301) 594-7231
Fax: (301) 594-7948
http://ombudsman.nih.gov

Contacts:
Howard Gadlin
301-594-6916
gadlinh@od.nih.gov

Kevin Jessar
301-594-7231
jessark@od.nih.gov

The NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way … Learn More About This Program

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