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.
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
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:
Great negotiators are made, not born.
Interested in the fields of negotiation, conflict resolution, and mediation?
Come to the Program on Negotiation Open House!
Find out how you can get involved, get informed, learn about the PON Student Interest Group, and become a great negotiator, conflict resolver, or mediator yourself. Meet PON faculty and other interested students from … Read 2018 Program on Negotiation Open House 
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 2017 PON Summer Fellows
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
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
Meirav Furth-Matzkin
SJD Candidate
Harvard Law School
and
Adepeju O. Solarin
PhD Candidate, Political Science
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Pound Hall, Room 100
Harvard Law School
Free and open to the public. Lunch … Learn More About This Program
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
Liliia Khasanova
PhD Candidate, International Law
Kazan Federal University, Russia
and
Taylor Moulton
PhD Candidate, Management
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Hauser Hall 104
Harvard Law School
Free and open to the public. … Learn More About This Program
Great negotiators are made, not born.
Interested in the fields of negotiation, conflict resolution, and mediation?
Come to the Program on Negotiation Open House!
Find out how you can get involved, get informed, learn about the PON Student Interest Group, and become a great negotiator, conflict resolver, or mediator yourself. Meet PON faculty and other interested students from … Read 2016 Program on Negotiation Open House
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, non-profit or academic organizations. The Summer Fellowship Program’s emphasis is on advancing the links between scholarship and practice in negotiation and … Read Announcing the 2016 PON Summer Fellows
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
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
Yookyoung Kim
PhD Candidate, Management and Organization
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
and
Elizabeth Wiley
PhD Candidate, Management
Columbia Business School
Friday, April 15, 2016
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Hauser Hall 105, Jackson Meeting Room
Harvard Law School
Free and open … Learn More About This Program
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
Netta Barak-Corren
S.J.D Candidate, Harvard Law School
and
Michael Baskin
PhD Candidate in International Affairs, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Hauser Hall 101, Borenstein Meeting Room
Harvard Law School
Free … Learn More About This Program
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