School," says Frederick Schauer, academic dean and Stanton professor at KSG. "Nor are we putting the bulk of it into one center."

Schauer says that, although CID and HIID are similar in focus, the programs will not all be automatically transferred to CID.

"By ensuring that the projects and personnel the Kennedy School takes on become closely associated with existing Kennedy School faculty, staff, teaching programs, and research centers, we emphasize the importance of these activities to so many facets of the Kennedy School enterprise," Nye wrote.

All Around Campus

Two of Harvard's other schools are also hoping to receive a share of HIID.

SPH is "keenly interested" in acquiring the 10-member group of HIID which focuses on health policy consulting, according to Robin C. Herman, director of communications at the School of Public Health.

Currently this HIID health group carries out projects such as researching child health diseases that are particularly prevalent in developing countries and looks at the impact AIDS has on developing countries.

"We're in active discussions with the health group and are hopeful they will join us," Herman says. "We're trying to refine arrangements and academic positions of senior members of the group."