Mission and Program. The mission of the Clinical Trials Center of Excellence shall be to conduct Good Clinical Practice ("GCP") compliant clinical trials (without preference for Novartis-related trials), publish resulting clinical trial data and train staff and build capacity for future clinical trials to increase the participation of Black/African American communities and other communities of color in clinical trials. In alignment with the multi-partner Clinical Trials Center of Excellence Workstream of the Beacon of Hope Collaboration, the Center shall agree to milestones and Key Performance Indicators (as initially defined in Section III.D) to be regularly tracked, and transparently reported to gage effectiveness of this Grant and trigger subsequent payments. These milestones may be expanded upon via the co-creation within the Workstream, with MSM and the Foundation mutually agreeing to any changes for tracking and reporting in the scope of this Grant.