Please refer to the requests for proposals (RFPs) for more information.
Notice of Intention here. (Deadline Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 5pm)
The deadline for ALL Pilot Grant Submissions: Friday, May 1, 2026, 5pm
2025 IN-TRAC Grant application submission
2025 IN-TRAC Pilot Grant Awardees!
Matthew Wall, B.S. – Small Project Pilot Grant ($20,000)
Project: “Altered gyrase activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis upregulates the expression of cell envelope peripheral lipids to promote drug resistance”
Gayathri Ravichandran, Ph.D.– Small Project Pilot Grant ($20,000)
Project: “Ligand-mediated activation of MAIT Cells for MTb recognition of tissue culture model”
Benjamin Black, B.S. – Preliminary Data Pilot Grant ($50,000)
Project: “Secondary frailty: A novel approach to understand tuberculosis”
Nuttada Panpradist, Ph.D.– Preliminary Data Pilot Grant ($50,000)
Project: “Toward sputum-free tb drug resistance profiling: a pilot study using tongue swabs for drug susceptibility testing and genomic sequencing”
2024 IN-TRAC Pilot Grant Awardees!
Sayantan Biswas, Ph.D.– Small Project Pilot Grant ($20,000)
Project: “Investigating the Transport Dynamics of Drugs in Realistic Tuberculosis Granulomas Through In-Silico Modeling”.
Annu Devi, Ph.D.– Small Project Pilot Grant ($20,000)
Project: “Understanding the Effects of Cigarette Smoke on Macrophage function in Tuberculosis”
Abhishek Mishra, Ph.D. and Riti Sharan, Ph.D.– Collaborative Pilot Grant ($100,000)
Project: “Trained immunity inducing nasal tuberculosis vaccine”
2023 Recipients
2023 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Preliminary Data Pilot Grant
Mia Aguirre, B.S. (PI: Dr. Blanca Restrepo)
Project Title: “Use of 1G plates to assess phenotypic drug resistant tuberculosis in medically underserved communities on the Mexican side of the border with Texas”
2023 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Preliminary Data Pilot Grant
Anna Allue-Guardia, PhD (PI: Dr. Jordi Torrelles)
Project Title: “Codon deoptimization as a novel strategy to generate attenuated M.tb strains for vaccine development”
2023 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Collaborative Pilot Grant
Dr. Smriti Mehra and Dr. Mahesh Mohan
Project Title: “Modulating Indoleamines to Optimize Immunity in the Setting of M.tb/HIV Co-infection”
2022 Recipients
2022 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Preliminary Data Pilot Grant
Dr. Susanta Pahari (PI: Dr. Schlesinger) will study metabolic dysfunction in old age using Murine and NHP macrophages and the potential role of nuclear receptors Rev-erbα/β in this process.
2022 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Preliminary Data Pilot Grant
Dr. Juan I Garcia (PI: Dr. Torrelles) will study the validation and feasibility evaluation of a novel test to diagnose and perform drug susceptibility testing of 1st and 2nd line anti-tuberculosis drugs.
2022 Texas Biomed IN-TRAC Collaborative Pilot Grant
Drs. Jordi Torrelles and Gillian Beamer seek to define the lung oxidative and inflammatory mechanisms that drive collaborative cross mice susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.