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.

Grant and Fellowship Application Due Dates:
PON Graduate Research Fellowship – Due February 6, 2025
PON Summer Fellowship Grant – Due March 7, 2025

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:


New Findings in the Field of Negotiation: Nicolás Parra Herrera and Helen Winter

Diane Long   •  12/09/2022   •  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:

Nicolás Parra Herrera
SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
and

Helen Winter
Ph.D. Candidate, European University Viadrina, Germany
 
Thursday, January 12, 2023
12:00 – 1:15 PM
Free and open to the public
The session will be recorded. Pending … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Facilitated Dialogue: Possibilities, Pitfalls, and Practice Notes

Diane Long   •  11/28/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Rachel Viscomi

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

PON Live!
Facilitated Dialogue: Possibilities, Pitfalls, and Practice Notes

A virtual discussion with:

Rachel Viscomi
Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Director, Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)
 
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
The session will be … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Diane Long   •  11/21/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Complicit Book Cover

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

PON Live! Book Talk
Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

 

A virtual discussion with:

Max H. Bazerman
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Executive Committee Member, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
 
Monday, December 12, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: 2022 Elections Results in Israel: Implications for Israel’s Democracy and Its Future Relations with the United States

Diane Long   •  11/21/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Nadav Tamir

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:
2022 Elections Results in Israel:
Implications for Israel’s Democracy and Its Future Relations with the United States

A virtual talk with:

Nadav Tamir
Executive Director of J Street Israel
Advisor, Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
 
 
Friday, December 2, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Cyber Negotiations: The Case of Ransomware

Diane Long   •  11/09/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Lawrence Susskind

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

PON Live!
Cyber Negotiations: The Case of Ransomware

 
Click here to view Professor Susskind’s responses to unanswered questions from the live session.
A virtual discussion with:

Lawrence Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, MIT
Director, MIT Cybersecurity Clinic
Vice-Chair of Pedagogy, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
 
Wednesday, December … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Overcoming Resistance in Negotiation: The Influence Equation

Diane Long   •  10/31/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

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

PON Live!
Overcoming Resistance in Negotiation:
The Influence Equation

A virtual discussion with:

Stevenson Carlebach
Affiliate Faculty, The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Independent Trainer and Consultant, Eque LLC
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
Registration is closed.
The session … Learn More About This Program

Kelman Seminar: The War in Ukraine: Causes and Economic Consequences

Diane Long   •  10/24/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

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

The War in Ukraine: Causes and Economic Consequences

A virtual talk with:

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

 
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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 … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! When Gender Matters in Negotiation

Diane Long   •  10/14/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student

Hannah Riley Bowles

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

PON Live!
When Gender Matters in Negotiation

A virtual discussion with:

Hannah Riley Bowles
Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Co-director, Women and Public Policy Program and Center for Public Leadership
Harvard Kennedy School
 
Thursday, November 3, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and … Read PON Live! When Gender Matters in Negotiation

Kelman Seminar: The Frightening Spread of Authoritarian Populism in Latin America

Diane Long   •  10/05/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, student, The Kelman Seminar

Jorge H. Zalles

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

The Frightening Spread of Authoritarian Populism in Latin America

A virtual talk with:

Jorje H. Zalles
Professor and Department Chair emeritus
of Conflict Resolution and Leadership Studies
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
 
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
 
Free and open to the public.
This … Learn More About This Program

PON Live! Book Talk: Understanding Others through Negotiation: A Guide for Students by Students

Diane Long   •  10/03/2022   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events

Understanding Others Through Negotiation Book Cover

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the
Harvard International Negotiation Program are pleased to present:

PON Live! Book Talk
Understanding Others through Negotiation:
A Guide for Students by Students

A panel discussion with the authors.

Moderator: Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital
Affiliate Faculty, Program on Negotiation … Learn More About This Program

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