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.

Fall Grant Application Submission Dates:
PON Graduate Student Grant – Due October 8
PON Next Generation Grant – Due October 22

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! 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

Kelman Seminar: Ecuador’s Current Tragedy: From an Island of Peace to the Most Violent Country in Latin America

Diane Long   •  09/13/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Jamil Mahuad

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

Ecuador’s Current Tragedy:
From an Island of Peace to the Most Violent Country in Latin America

A virtual talk with:

Jamil Mahuad
President, Ecuador (1998-2000)
Faculty, Executive Education, Harvard Kennedy School
Post Doc Fellow, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
 
Thursday, September 28, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: BRICS’ Negotiation Campaign for Multipolarity: Strategies and Implications for the United States

Diane Long   •  09/12/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

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

BRICS’ Negotiation Campaign for Multipolarity:
Strategies and Implications for the United States

A virtual talk with:

Mihaela Papa
Senior Fellow, Rising Power Alliances Project
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
 
Thursday, October 19, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
 

About … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Diane Long   •  08/14/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Difficult Conversations Book Cover

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

PON Live! Book Talk
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
A Conversation About the All-New Third Edition 

with:

Sheila Heen
Thaddeus R. Beal, Professor of Practice and
Deputy Director, Harvard Negotiation Project,
at Harvard Law School

Douglas Stone
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Senior Affiliate, Harvard Negotiation Project
Founder, Triad Consulting

 
Thursday, September 14, … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Book Talk: Rising Above Office Conflict: A Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee

Diane Long   •  07/12/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

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

PON Live! Book Talk
A Light-Hearted Talk about Heavy Subjects

Click here for 10 Tips for the Heavy-Hearted Employee

A virtual discussion with:

Clare E. Fowler

Executive Vice-President, Mediate.com
Adjunct Professor
Pepperdine University School of Law Straus Institute
University of Oregon School of Law
 
Monday, August 14, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Polarities: Leveraging Opposites to Change How You Lead

Diane Long   •  06/27/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Betsy A. Miller

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

PON Live! Meet the Expert
Polarities: Leveraging Opposites to Change How You Lead

A virtual discussion with:

Betsy A. Miller
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC
 
Wednesday July 12, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
 

About … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Managing Conflict Mindfully: Don’t Believe Everything You Think

Diane Long   •  05/11/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Book cover

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and
The Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law are pleased to present:

PON Live! Book Talk
Managing Conflict Mindfully: Don’t Believe Everything You Think

A virtual discussion with:

Leonard L. Riskin, Author
Visiting Professor of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law Emeritus
University … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: Opportunities Lost and Found: Challenges for Peacebuilding in Myanmar and Zimbabwe

Diane Long   •  05/01/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Derek Brown

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

Opportunities Lost and Found:
Challenges for Peacebuilding in Myanmar and Zimbabwe

A virtual talk with:

Derek Brown
Co-director, Peace Appeal Foundation
 
Friday, May 12, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
This session will be recorded. Pending approval, we will post the recorded webinar … Learn More About This Program

Announcing the 2023 PON Summer Fellows

Diane Long   •  04/18/2023   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Summer Fellowship Grants

negotiation topics in business six negotiation strategies for integrative negotiations involving haggling

During the summer months, PON sponsors grants for select students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who undertake internships or summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, nonprofit or academic organizations. The Summer Fellowship Program’s emphasis is on advancing the links between scholarship and practice in … Read Announcing the 2023 PON Summer Fellows

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation: Elizabeth Good, Alexandra McAuliff, Katri Nousiainen

Diane Long   •  04/06/2023   •  Filed in Events, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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

PON Live!
New Findings in the Field of Negotiation:
Research from the PON Graduate Research Fellows

Virtual talks with:

 
Friday, May 26, 2023
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Free and open to the public
The session will be recorded. Pending approval, we will post the recording on this page after the session.
About … Learn More About This Program

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