It is a flexible pool of KPMP funds – administered by the Central Hub – to address gaps or form new partnerships. Specifically, the KPMP Opportunity Pool Program will:
Support the KPMP Steering Committee in its yearly assessment of infrastructure and resource needs.
Help develop and publicly announce requests for applications, advertise solicitations, manage acceptance, and organize external peer-review.
Establish an administrative structure to disburse and track awards.
Establish procedures, formats, and timelines for integrating awardees and monitoring and reporting progress and outcomes (e.g., publications, subsequent awards).
Establish a plan to integrate and harmonize the activities of supported projects with the activities of the KPMP.
Allow for both animal studies and international collaboration via the Opportunity Pool.
Applications for the Central Hub should address each of the above in their research strategy.