Modernizing Violent Death and Suicide Surveillance Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)

This CDC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to modernize the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) across eligible U.S. states, territories, and local governments. Awardees will collect, link, manage, analyze, and submit high‑quality violent‑death and suicide data, support quarterly provisional data pulls, and complete annual data closeouts. A central focus is modernization of data systems and workflows—automation, electronic data exchange, workflow tools, and data‑quality/visualization enhancements—through a readiness assessment and at least one pilot project within the award period. Optional linkage of NVDRS data to other public‑health data sources is also permitted. Up to 52 awards may be made, each up to $966,085, for a total estimated funding pool of $84.2 million. • Eligible applicants: State, territorial, and local (county, city, special district) governments or their bona‑fide agents. • Funding mechanism: Cooperative Agreement (CDC‑RFA‑CE‑27‑0006). • Anticipated award date: 01 Sep 2027; project start same day. • Required deliverables: Quarterly provisional data, annual finalized dataset, modernization readiness assessment, at least one system‑modernization pilot, optional data‑linkage activities. • Reporting: Ongoing data submission to CDC, compliance with CDC‑defined quality and timeliness standards.