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.
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.
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 $42,000 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:
Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
FALL 2013
Instructors:
Gillien Todd
617-495-1684
Debbie Goldstein
617-495-1684
This highly interactive 12-week seminar explores the ways that people negotiate to create value and resolve disputes. Designed both to improve understanding of negotiation theory and to build negotiation skills, the curriculum integrates negotiation research from several academic fields with experiential learning exercises.
Students engage in a series of hands-on … Read PON Seminar: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution 
Negotiation
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF L1W
FALL 2013
Instructors:
Dawn Effron
617-451-8010
Peter Perroni
The course explores the theory and the art of resolving conflict through negotiation. Various styles are presented for comparison and analysis. Students are urged to evaluate their own intuitive style and to experience others’. Practical experience is achieved through one-on-one and group negotiations exercises. The theory of conflict, … Read Negotiation
Negotiation Analysis
KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT (MLD221)
FALL 2012/Spring 2013
Instructors:
Brian Mandell
Sections A & B
617-495-5605
Kessely Hong
617-495-1320
Sections C & D
Introduces students to the theory and practice of negotiation. The ability to successfully negotiate rests on a combination of analytical and interpersonal skills. Analysis is important because negotiators cannot develop promising strategies without a deep understanding of the context of … Read Negotiation Analysis
SPRING 2013
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Instructor: Muhammet Bas, PhD, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
GOVT E-1738 Rationalist Sources of International Conflict and War (23769)
Why do states fight costly wars in international relations? Why do peaceful negotiations fail? How does deterrence work? How does domestic politics shape international conflict? In answering these questions, this seminar examines theories that focus … Learn More About This Program
Negotiation Workshop A (LAW 44100A)
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
WINTER/SPRING 2013
Instructor:
Robert Mnookin
Hauser 416
617-495-1684
Most lawyers, irrespective of their specialty, must negotiate. Litigators resolve far more disputes through negotiation than by trials. Business lawyers — whether putting together a start-up company, arranging venture financing, or preparing an initial public offering — are called upon to negotiate on behalf of their … Read Negotiation Workshop A
Negotiation Workshop B (LAW 44100A)
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
SPRING 2013
W,Th 3:10 PM – 7:20 PM
Instructors:
Robert Bordone
Pound 521
617-495-9194
Most lawyers, irrespective of their specialty, must negotiate. Litigators resolve far more disputes through negotiation than by trials. Business lawyers — whether putting together a start-up company, arranging venture financing, or preparing an initial public offering — are called upon to … Read Negotiation Workshop B
Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Workshop
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
FALL 2013
Instructors:
Robert Bordone
Austin 102
(617) 495-9194
Students in the Negotiation & Mediation Clinic will work in a team of 2 to 4 students, typically collaborating on single project for one client during the entire semester. By working for a single client, students have the unique chance to collaborate on a project … Read Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinic
Advanced Negotiation: Setup, Deal Design, and Tactics
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Winter Half Course
Instructor:
James Sebenius
617-495-9334
This course is designed for students who expect to analyze and participate in challenging business, financial, and international negotiations, sometimes with public and/or public-private aspects. It builds on the framework developed in the required first-year course, but develops far more advanced negotiation concepts and … Learn More About This Program
Conflict and Negotiation (CC 266)
Emerson College
FALL and SPRING 2012/2013
Instructor:
Israela Brill-Cass
Department of Communication Studies
617-824-8739
Study conflict theory and principles and practices of dispute resolution. Includes everyday conflict, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution systems. Emphasis on interpersonal skills development. (Fall: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.; Spring: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:45 p.m.) … Read Conflict and Negotiation
Dispute Negotiation
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL (LL- 93001/93002)
FALL 2014 (Aronson and Maffei)
Wednesday 5:00-6:50pm
SPRING 2015 (Aronson)
Wednesday 10:00-11:50am
Instructors:
Martin L. Aronson
1514 Beacon Street Brookline
MA 02446
617-552-4340
Thomas Maffei
Course Description:
This is an experiential course in which students will be active participants, negotiating cases on a weekly basis. The subject matter of the disputes will include: commercial transactions, gender bias issues, criminal plea … Read Dispute Negotiation
