PON – Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School - https://www.pon.harvard.edu
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.
Sign up to receive our Student Interest Group email for details on upcoming events, funding, internship, and employment opportunities.
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
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.
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:
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
2022 Great Negotiator Award honoring
Christiana Figueres
Thursday, April 14, 2022
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
This event is by invitation only. The public session will be accessible to the
general public via livestream.
About the Great Negotiator Award:
The Great Negotiator Award was established in 2000 … Learn More About This Program 
The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:
What is the status of women’s human rights in Afghanistan?
A virtual talk with:
Dr. Sima Samar
Visiting Scholar, Carr Center for Human Rights,
Kennedy School of Government
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
About the talk:
This seminar will … Learn More About This Program
The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:
Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution:
Lessons for Democracy and Development
A virtual talk with:
Zaynab El Bernoussi
Assistant Professor, Sciences Po Rabat , International University of Rabat
At-Large Middle East/North Africa Representative, Executive Committee,
International Studies Association Global South Caucus
Thursday, February 24, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, ET (US and … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
PON Live!
Heels at Work: Do Symbols of Professionalism Imbued with Femininity
Offer Women a Leg Up or Create an Unequal Footing for Them in the Workplace?
A discussion with:
Sreedhari Desai
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Crist W. Blackwell Scholar,
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
Moderator:
Max Bazerman
Jesse … Learn More About This Program
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
A virtual talk with:
Brenda Dvoskin
SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
and
Benjamin Naimark-Rowse
Ph.D. Candidate, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Harvard Law School
Click here to access the Zoom registration link: Closed
The … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
PON Live!
The Person You Mean To Be
A discussion with:
Dolly Chugh
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU
Moderator:
Max Bazerman
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Executive Committee Member, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Friday, January 28, 2022
12:00 – 1:00 … Read The Person You Mean To Be
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
PON Live!
Civic Fusion and the Hidden Connective Energies of Conflict
A discussion with:
Susan Podziba
Principal, Podziba Policy Mediation
Thursday, January 20, 2022
12:00 – 1:00 pm ET (US and Canada)
Free and open to the public.
About the talk:
Public policy mediators engage with complex conflicts that are often rooted in … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
PON Live!
From Saigon to Kabul: Negotiation Lessons Learned and Forgotten
A discussion with:
Anthony Wanis-St. John
Associate Professor, American University, School of International Service
Wednesday, January 12, 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 … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Harvard Negotiation Project
Harvard College International Negotiation Program
Harvard International Negotiation Program
are pleased to present:
PON Live!
Negotiating, Fast and Slow:
A Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman
A discussion with:
Daniel Kahneman
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton University
Fellow, Center … Learn More About This Program
The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:
The Way Out:
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
A virtual talk with:
Peter Coleman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University
Friday, December 17, 2021
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 … Read The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action
PON Film Series
The Kelman Seminar
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