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 – February 6, 2025
PON Summer Fellowship Grant – March 7, 2025
PON Graduate Student Grant – April 1, 2025
PON Next Generation Grant – April 8, 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 II: Yasmin Zaerpoor and Gali Racabi

Diane Long   •  04/05/2019   •  Filed in Events, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation II:
Research from the PON Graduate Research Fellows
With

Yasmin Zaerpoor
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and 

Gali Racabi
S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
 
Friday, April 19, 2018
*New Time and Location*
12:15 – 1:45 pm
Hauser Hall, Room 104
Harvard Law … Learn More About This Program

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation I: Benjamin J. Spatz and Talia Gillis

PON Staff   •  04/05/2019   •  Filed in Events, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation I:
Research from the PON Graduate Research Fellows
with

Benjamin J. Spatz
Ph.D. Candidate, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University 
and

Talia Gillis
PhD. Candidate, Harvard Business School and the Economics Department, Harvard University
S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
 
Thursday, April 18, 2019
12:00 … Learn More About This Program

Announcing the Winter 2019 Next Generation Grant Awardees

Diane Long   •  01/11/2019   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, PON Next Generation Grants

Twice yearly the Program on Negotiation runs the Next Generation Grant program, which supports research in negotiation and conflict resolution by non-tenured faculty and doctoral students.

We wish to announce our latest grant awardees:

Ariella Kristal
Harvard Business School
Research project: “When knowing is half the battle: Testing the impact of knowledge of the planning fallacy and anchoring in … Learn More About This Program

The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World

PON Staff   •  11/06/2018   •  Filed in Events, Student Events

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and JStreet Boston are pleased to present:
The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World
A book talk by

Robert H. Mnookin
Samuel Williston Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Former Chair, Program on Negotiation
 

Sunday, December 2, 2018
11 AM Brunch
Milstein East
Harvard Law School Campus
1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
FREE ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS.
RSVP … Learn More About This Program

Truth, Healing and Change: Lessons from the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission

PON Staff   •  09/21/2018   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Harvard Native American Law Students Association, the Harvard University Native American Program, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,
are pleased to present:

Truth, Healing and Change: Lessons from the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission

A conversation with

Esther Anne
Co-Director, Maine Wabanaki REACH
Friday, September 28, 2018
12:00 – … Learn More About This Program

2018 Program on Negotiation Open House

Diane Long   •  09/04/2018   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Events, Student Events

You are cordially invited to the 2018
PON Open House

Interested in the fields of negotiation, conflict resolution, mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution? Join us!
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Milstein East C, Wasserstein Hall
Harvard Law School Campus
Come meet PON faculty from Harvard, MIT, Tufts and other schools in the Greater Boston area.  Find out how you … Read 2018 Program on Negotiation Open House

Announcing the 2018 PON Summer Fellows

PON Staff   •  04/26/2018   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Summer Fellowship Grants

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PON offers fellowship grants to students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who are doing internships or undertaking 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 negotiation and … Read Announcing the 2018 PON Summer Fellows

Announcing the 2018-2019 PON Graduate Research Fellows

PON Staff   •  04/26/2018   •  Filed in Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

The Program on Negotiation 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. Consistent with PON’s goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of dissertation … Learn More About This Program

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation: Ashley Martin and Annkatrin Tritschoks

PON Staff   •  02/22/2018   •  Filed in Events, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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

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

Ashley Martin
Ph.D. Candidate, Management, Columbia Business School
and

Annkatrin Tritschoks
Ph.D. Candidate, Uppsala University, Sweden
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Hauser Hall, Room 104
Harvard Law School
Free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
About … Learn More About This Program

New Findings in the Field of Negotiation: Mounia Mostefaoui and Aluma Zernik

PON Staff   •  02/22/2018   •  Filed in Events, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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

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

Mounia Mostefaoui
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics and Political Science, La Sorbonne University, France
and

Aluma Zernik
S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
 
Friday, March 23, 2018
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Hauser Hall, Room 102
Harvard Law School
Free and open to the public. … Learn More About This Program

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