On Mar. 9, 2022, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced four grant awards to establish Tuberculosis Research Advancement Centers (TRACs).

The centers support the development of a next generation of tuberculosis (TB) researchers by providing focused mentoring and funding support for new investigators; opportunities for multidisciplinary and collaborative research; and training in laboratory and clinical settings. The total funding in the first year of these five-year grants is approximately $4.3 million.

In 2020, as many as 10 million new TB cases were diagnosed and approximately 1.5 million lives were lost to the disease.