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:


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

Resolution of Intra-Institutional Disputes

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Resolution of Intra-Institutional Disputes

Ombudsperson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. 10-213
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-5921
http://web.mit.edu/ombud

Contact: Mary P. Rowe
mrowe@mit.edu

Non-paid research assistantships are available on a selected basis. Areas of research include: development of intra-institutional dispute resolution systems procedures, scientific and technical disputes within institutions, harassment of all kinds. Particular interest this year: the role of bystanders in conflict management. … Read Resolution of Intra-Institutional Disputes

Somerville Mediation Program

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Somerville Mediation Program

Somerville Community Corporation
One Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
617-625-6600 X6146

Contact: Alice Comack
acomack@k12.somerville.ma.us

There is an internship available in our peer-mediation program at Somerville High School. This program primarily handles disputes between students. Intern duties include conducting intake and setting up mediations, co-mediating and assisting in the training of student mediators. A requirement for this internship is … Read Somerville Mediation Program

Susan Podziba & Associates

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Susan Podziba & Associates

21 Orchard Road
Brookline, MA 02445
contact@podziba.com

Tel: (617)738-5320
Fax: (617)738-6911
http://www.podziba.com

Contact: Susan Podziba
susan@podziba.com

Susan Podziba & Associates conducts processes that enable government to engage with stakeholders to resolve complex public policy questions and conflicts. SP&A designs unique processes to address seemingly impossible situations, guides complex multi-stakeholder deliberations to create actionable solutions, and works in diverse subject areas … Read Susan Podziba & Associates

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Boston Area Office

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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Boston Area Office

John F. Kennedy Federal Building
475 Government Center
Boston, MA 02203
Tel: 1-800-669-4000
Fax: 617-565-3196

http://www.eeoc.gov/boston/index.html

Contact: Elizabeth Marcus, Mediator
(617) 565-3212
elizabeth.marcus@eeoc.gov

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1964 to eradicate discrimination in employment. The various statutes enforced by the Commission prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of … Learn More About This Program

Framingham Court Mediation Services, Inc.

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Framingham Court Mediation Services, Inc.

600 Concord Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Tel: 508-872-9495
Fax: 508-872-9764
www.framinghammediation.org
info@framinghammediation.org

Contact: Susan Ostberg

FCMS, established in 1979, is a public, non-profit organization serving the communities of MetroWest, the Framingham, Concord, Marlborough, and Natick District Courts, and the Middlesex Juvenile Court, as well as the Middlesex Probate and Family Court. We provide alternative dispute resolution services for … Read Framingham Court Mediation Services, Inc.

2010 HNLR Symposium: The Negotiation Within

PON Staff   •  02/22/2010   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Student Events

The Harvard Negotiation Law Review invites you to its 2010 symposium:
The Negotiation Within on February 27, 2010.

About the symposium:

“Most people think of negotiation as something that occurs between two or more parties with conflicting goals. Negotiation is not, however, always between different parties. Every negotiator brings her experiences and backgrounds to the table. … Read 2010 HNLR Symposium: The Negotiation Within

Mediation 101: A Practical Introduction to Personal and Professional Mediation

PON Staff   •  02/05/2010   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, Student Events

PON and the Harvard Mediation Program Present:
Mediation 101: A Practical Introduction to Personal and Professional Mediation

with Titus Lin and Brent Lanoue,
External Training Directors for the Harvard Mediation Program

Join us for an introduction to the field of mediation. Trainers from the Harvard Mediation Program will describe what mediation is, its benefits, and how mediation fits into … Learn More About This Program

Advanced Negotiation/Mediation: Reconciliation

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Advanced Negotiation/Mediation: Reconciliation (ConRes 603)
MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES

FALL 2013

Instructor:
David E. Matz

This is a “changing topics” course. Each semester it examines the resolution of conflict in a different context(s); topics covered in the past have included Arab Israeli Negotiation, Women and Conflict, Public Policy Disputes, Organizational Conflict, and Workplace Conflict.  Specific focus and … Read Advanced Negotiation/Mediation: Reconciliation

Advanced Intervention

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Advanced Intervention (DisRes 626)
MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES

FALL 2013

Instructor:
TBD

This course applies the principles of mediation and other forms of intervention to a particular context. Each year, the specific course context changes. Possibilities include intervention in environmental disputes, family disputes, organizational disputes, or international disputes.

(Thursday 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) … Read Advanced Intervention

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