common interface and evaluation process for all proposals some of the evaluation processes such as classification and weighted scoring are done automatically by database 1 and other evaluation processes are done be the evaluators database 1 has multiple memory and associated software modules discussed further below database 1 physically resides on one or more servers in an exemplary embodiment a web server is configured to run cold fusion programs memory modules with database 1 may contain thousands of files and each file may contain millions of bits at least one memory module is dedicated to the storage of proposal files proposal files are created by one or more submitters and may contain information regarding a variety of concepts projects and other proposals for the organization proposal files may include multimedia files that are preferably stored and displayed in the same format in which the file was originally saved to facilitate this ability data base 1 stores information in data sets format files within database 1 support the storage and retrieval of data in multiple formats fig2 shows a general flow chart of options available to users of the present database in the methods of fig2 the users are using an internet browser program as.