Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA CE18 1804
The grant opportunity "Collecting Violent Death Information Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)" is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to help states, territories, or districts build and operate a standardized surveillance system for violent deaths. The core public health premise behind the award is that violence is preventable, but prevention depends on having accurate, detailed, and timely information about how violent deaths occur. CDC frames the need using national burden figures, noting that more than 64,000 people died violently in the United States in 2016, including 44,965 suicides and 19,362 homicides, with estimated economic costs exceeding $77 billion due to medical care and lost productivity. The funding supports the infrastructure and work needed to gather the facts behind these deaths so jurisdictions can design targeted prevention strategies and so CDC can compile a stronger national picture of violent mortality.
NVDRS is described as a state-based surveillance system that integrates multiple data sources into one incident-based record. Awardees are expected to use CDC guidance and a CDC web-based data entry system to link information from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports (including toxicology findings), and law enforcement reports. This multi-source approach is central to NVDRS because it goes beyond basic counts and causes of death by capturing circumstances and contextual details that are often scattered across agencies. The resulting dataset is meant to answer practical prevention questions such as who is dying, where deaths occur, when they occur, and what factors were believed to contribute to or precipitate the death.
The opportunity uses a broad operational definition of violent death that includes deaths resulting from the intentional use of physical force or power against oneself or others, including suicides, homicides, and legal intervention deaths (deaths occurring when law enforcement uses deadly force in the line of duty). In addition to these categories, recipients must also collect information on two other groups of deaths that are not always straightforward: unintentional firearm injury deaths (where there was no intent to discharge the firearm) and deaths of undetermined intent where evidence suggests force was used. CDC includes these categories because some cases that initially appear unintentional or undetermined may share characteristics with violent deaths, and tracking them helps improve classification and understanding over time.
A distinguishing feature of NVDRS, emphasized in the notice, is the level of detail it captures and the way it organizes incidents. NVDRS is positioned as the first system to (1) provide detailed circumstance information for all major types of violent deaths, including short narratives summarizing what happened, (2) merge information across multiple official sources into a single record, and (3) link related deaths within the same incident or event pattern, such as multiple-victim homicides, suicide pacts, or homicide-suicide events. This incident-linking capability is particularly important for understanding dynamics that are invisible in single-source datasets, and it supports more precise prevention approaches (for example, differentiating isolated events from clustered or connected incidents).
Operationally, the cooperative agreement structure means recipients do the on-the-ground collection and analysis for their jurisdiction while CDC provides substantial involvement through guidance, standardization requirements, and access to the centralized web-based reporting platform. A key requirement is that all funded jurisdictions share de-identified data with CDC. CDC then combines these jurisdictional data into a multi-state database used to inform national stakeholders and to make aggregated information available through public-facing tools, including NVDRS summary outputs hosted within CDC injury data platforms.
From an administrative standpoint, this funding opportunity is issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. It is listed as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement funding instrument under CFDA 93.136. The opportunity number is CDC-RFA-CE18-1804. Eligibility is primarily aimed at state governments (with additional eligible entities referenced in the original eligibility text). The notice anticipated up to 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $761,000. The posting indicates it was created June 4, 2018, with an original application closing date of August 7, 2018 (applications due electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date). For implementation specifics, CDC points applicants to the NVDRS Implementation Manual, which lays out the required data elements, coding guidance, and operational procedures used to keep reporting consistent across jurisdictions.Apply for CDC RFA CE18 1804
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collecting Violent Death Information Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 04, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 07, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $761,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Collecting Violent Death Information Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
What is this grant opportunity?
"Collecting Violent Death Information Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)" is a CDC cooperative agreement that supports states, territories, or districts in building and operating a standardized surveillance system for violent deaths using NVDRS.
What is the purpose of NVDRS funding?
The funding supports the infrastructure and work needed to collect accurate, detailed, and timely information about how violent deaths occur. The intent is to help jurisdictions design targeted prevention strategies and to help CDC compile a stronger national picture of violent mortality.
Why does CDC consider this work important?
CDC frames the need around the idea that violence is preventable, but prevention depends on having high-quality information about violent deaths. The notice cites national burden figures for 2016: more than 64,000 violent deaths in the United States, including 44,965 suicides and 19,362 homicides, with estimated economic costs exceeding $77 billion due to medical care and lost productivity.
What is NVDRS?
NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system that integrates multiple data sources into one incident-based record. It is designed to go beyond basic counts by capturing circumstances and contextual details about violent deaths.
How does NVDRS differ from single-source death data?
NVDRS is designed to merge information from multiple official sources into a single record and to capture detailed circumstances, including short narratives summarizing what happened. It also links related deaths within the same incident or event pattern (for example, multiple-victim homicides, suicide pacts, or homicide-suicide events), which can be missed in single-source datasets.
What kinds of deaths are included under the program's definition of "violent death"?
The opportunity uses a broad operational definition that includes deaths resulting from the intentional use of physical force or power against oneself or others. This includes suicides, homicides, and legal intervention deaths (deaths occurring when law enforcement uses deadly force in the line of duty).
Are any additional categories of deaths required to be collected?
Yes. Recipients must also collect information on unintentional firearm injury deaths (where there was no intent to discharge the firearm) and deaths of undetermined intent where evidence suggests force was used.
Why does the program include unintentional firearm deaths and deaths of undetermined intent?
CDC includes these categories because some cases that initially appear unintentional or undetermined may share characteristics with violent deaths. Tracking them can help improve classification and understanding over time.
What questions is the NVDRS dataset intended to help answer?
The resulting dataset is intended to answer practical prevention questions such as who is dying, where deaths occur, when they occur, and what factors were believed to contribute to or precipitate the death.
What data sources are jurisdictions expected to use?
Awardees are expected to link information from multiple sources using CDC guidance and a CDC web-based data entry system, including:
- Death certificates
- Coroner/medical examiner reports (including toxicology findings)
- Law enforcement reports
What is meant by an "incident-based record" in NVDRS?
NVDRS organizes information so that details from multiple sources can be combined into a single record for the incident. It also supports linking related deaths that occur in the same incident or event pattern.
What are examples of incidents NVDRS can link together?
The notice provides examples such as multiple-victim homicides, suicide pacts, and homicide-suicide events.
What is the funding instrument for this opportunity?
This is a cooperative agreement, meaning recipients conduct on-the-ground collection and analysis for their jurisdiction while CDC has substantial involvement through guidance, standardization requirements, and access to the centralized web-based reporting platform.
What does "CDC substantial involvement" mean in this context?
Based on the notice description, CDC's role includes providing guidance, setting standardization requirements, and providing access to the CDC web-based data entry/reporting system used for NVDRS.
Do recipients have to share data with CDC?
Yes. A key requirement is that all funded jurisdictions share de-identified data with CDC. CDC combines these data into a multi-state database.
How does CDC use the data provided by funded jurisdictions?
CDC combines de-identified jurisdictional data into a multi-state database to inform national stakeholders and to make aggregated information available through public-facing tools, including NVDRS summary outputs hosted within CDC injury data platforms.
Which federal agency and CDC center are issuing this opportunity?
The opportunity is issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is CDC-RFA-CE18-1804.
What is the CFDA number for this program?
The notice lists CFDA 93.136.
What type of award is it?
It is listed as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement funding instrument.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is primarily aimed at state governments. The notice also references additional eligible entities in the original eligibility text.
How many awards were anticipated?
The notice anticipated up to 10 awards.
What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling listed in the notice is $761,000.
When was the opportunity posted?
The posting indicates it was created on June 4, 2018.
What was the application deadline?
The original application closing date was August 7, 2018, with applications due electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Where can applicants find implementation requirements and reporting guidance?
CDC points applicants to the NVDRS Implementation Manual for required data elements, coding guidance, and operational procedures intended to keep reporting consistent across jurisdictions.
What kinds of details does NVDRS capture beyond the cause of death?
NVDRS is described as capturing circumstance information and contextual details that may be spread across agencies, including short narratives summarizing what happened, and details that help interpret contributing or precipitating factors.
Why is the multi-source approach a central feature of NVDRS?
The multi-source approach is central because it integrates information that is often scattered across different agencies, producing more complete incident records than any single source could provide on its own.
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