The phrase "acknowledged gap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a recognized or accepted deficiency or difference in a particular context, such as research, knowledge, or resources.
Example: "The study highlighted the acknowledged gap in the existing literature regarding the effects of climate change on local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "recognized disparity" or "accepted deficiency".
Through feedback from local communities throughout Michigan, MEDC staff responded to an acknowledged gap for funding these smaller projects with a mechanism that now creates active public and social spaces in Michigan communities.
Yet there still seems to be an acknowledged gap 'between the views expressed and the decisions the NGO [makes] that [affect] the child' and that 'on the whole it remains true that [the children] are either given no opportunity to express their views or, if they are, their views are ignored' (Dottridge 2012, p. 62).
A review of the context for Malawi [ 6] highlights the scope for interdisciplinary research to investigate the acknowledged gap between knowledge and successful implementation of interventions to address nutritional inadequacy.
National pesticide regulations in the health sector were reported to be enforced "to a large extent" in only 41% of countries, as shown in Table 2, indicating an acknowledged gap in regulatory enforcement.
The use of parent-focused internet-based programs for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity has shown promise but there is an acknowledged gap in parent-focused interventions which target the early childhood stage.
Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Reclamation, said that during the course of the study, the analysis done on climate change and historical data led the agency "to an acknowledged gap" between future demand and future supply as early as the middle of this century.
Ramirez, who told the magazine that they both had been drinking at the time of the incident, acknowledged gaps in her memory but said she remembered Kavanaugh pulling up his pants and another student shouting Kavanaugh's name.
Although Gerberding acknowledged gaps in compensation plans, "we are certainly not going to delay this program because of [these] concerns," she said.
When it comes to cell phones, "we found some threads of evidence telling us how cancer might occur, but I think there are acknowledged gaps and uncertainties," said Jonathan Samet, chairperson of the IARC Working Group and a physician and public health expert at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, during a press conference.
The history of Lease Sale 193 dates back seven years - in 2008, the Bush administration offered nearly 30 million acres of remote and poorly understood ocean to oil companies despite widely acknowledged gaps in scientific information and a complete lack of proven response technologies for the harsh and unforgiving Arctic Ocean conditions.
Nonetheless our findings appear to corroborate acknowledged gaps in family-oriented research, supporting suggestions for further research on this topic [ 37- 39].
