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.
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 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 $42,000 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:
International Center for Conciliation (ICfC)
P.O. Box 15001,
Boston, MA 02215
(617)353-4428
http://www.CenterforConciliation.org
Contact: Cathi Stewart, ICfC Office Manager
617-353-4428
CStewart@CenterforConciliation.org
The International Center for Conciliation (ICfC) aspires to create lasting peace in conflicted communities worldwide. Most conflict resolution efforts attempt to set the past aside. However, the past is never over; historical grievance is ever available to stir up conflict even when … Read International Center for Conciliation 
Massachusetts Department of Education (Bureau of Special Education Appeals)
350 Main Street
Malden, Massachusetts, 02148
(781) 338-6402
http://www.doe.mass.edu/bsea/
Contact: Richard Connolly
The Bureau of Special Education Appeals (”BSEA”) conducts mediations, advisory opinions and due process hearings to resolve disputes among parents, school districts, private schools and state agencies. The BSEA derives its authority from both federal law and regulations (the Individuals … Learn More About This Program
Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack Bldg. 1st Floor, Room 627
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-4040; fax: 617-287-4049
www.umb.edu/modr
Executive Director: Susan M. Jeghelian
susan.jeghelian@umb.edu
Deputy Director: Loraine M. Della Porta
loraine.dellaporta@umb.edu
The Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration (MODR), formerly a state agency, is now a free-standing institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston. MODR’s mission is … Read Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution
Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI)
4 Faneuil Hall – Fourth Floor
Boston, MA 02109-1632
617-973-9739 x22
800-348-4888
617-973-9532 fax
www.mwi.org
Mediator / Executive Director: Charles P. Doran
cdoran@mwi.org
Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI) is dedicated to providing innovative dispute resolution services and training to corporate, institutional and individual clients seeking to resolve difficult disputes.
MWI’s Training Programs include public and private “in-house” basic and advanced mediation and … Read Mediation Works Incorporated
Mercy Corps
The Roger Fisher House
9 Waterhouse St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 354-5444
www.mercycorps.org
Contact: Jenny Vaughan, Program Officer
jvaughan@cr.mercycorps.org
Mercy Corps is a relief and development organization that works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Our mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people … Read Mercy Corps
The M.I.T.-Harvard Public Disputes Program
512 Pound Hall
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA 02138
Managing Directors: David Fairman and Patrick Field
Founder and Senior Advisor: Lawrence Susskind
Contact: Ed Minor
617-844-1113
eminor@cbuilding.org
The Public Disputes Program (PDP) seeks to bring together scholars and professionals to improve the practice of negotiation, mediation, and conflict management in the public sector. The Program undertakes basic and applied … Read The M.I.T.-Harvard Public Disputes Program
National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman
Center for Cooperative Resolution
Building 31, Room 2B63
31 Center Drive, MSC 2087
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2087
Tel: (301) 594-7231
Fax: (301) 594-7948
http://ombudsman.nih.gov
Contacts:
Howard Gadlin
301-594-6916
gadlinh@od.nih.gov
Kevin Jessar
301-594-7231
jessark@od.nih.gov
The NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way … Learn More About This Program
Resolution of Intra-Institutional Disputes
Ombudsperson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. 10-213
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-5921
http://web.mit.edu/ombud
Contact: Mary P. Rowe
mrowe@mit.edu
Non-paid research assistantships are available on a selected basis. Areas of research include: development of intra-institutional dispute resolution systems procedures, scientific and technical disputes within institutions, harassment of all kinds. Particular interest this year: the role of bystanders in conflict management. … Read Resolution of Intra-Institutional Disputes
Somerville Mediation Program
Somerville Community Corporation
One Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
617-625-6600 X6146
Contact: Alice Comack
acomack@k12.somerville.ma.us
There is an internship available in our peer-mediation program at Somerville High School. This program primarily handles disputes between students. Intern duties include conducting intake and setting up mediations, co-mediating and assisting in the training of student mediators. A requirement for this internship is … Read Somerville Mediation Program
Susan Podziba & Associates
21 Orchard Road
Brookline, MA 02445
contact@podziba.com
Tel: (617)738-5320
Fax: (617)738-6911
http://www.podziba.com
Contact: Susan Podziba
susan@podziba.com
Susan Podziba & Associates conducts processes that enable government to engage with stakeholders to resolve complex public policy questions and conflicts. SP&A designs unique processes to address seemingly impossible situations, guides complex multi-stakeholder deliberations to create actionable solutions, and works in diverse subject areas … Read Susan Podziba & Associates
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