Abstract: A method and system is provided for evaluating responders and/or their work. A submission may be received from each of a plurality of responders in response to a request for information. A request may be received to incorporate the submission from at least one of the responders into a project. Upon receiving the request to incorporate the submission, embodiments of the invention may automatically check whether or not the submission has been evaluated and rated by a human reviewer. If the submission has been evaluated and rated by the human reviewer, the submission may be incorporated into the project, whereas if the work has not been evaluated and rated by the human reviewer, the request may be denied and the submission may be prohibited from being incorporated into the project.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for customizing a template used to accumulate data from a plurality of responders. A template may be generated that is customized according a plurality of user-selected template parameters including: a layout of the template indicating a number of rows and/or columns of template fields and a data type for each field selected from a plurality of data types in the group consisting of: text, number, date, text list, number list, date list, constant value, link to another field and formula. Each template is associated with a question that may be assigned to one or more responders or a shared group of responders. Unstructured data may be received from responders in response to the question and may be converted to structured data having the data type selected for the template field(s) associated with the question. The template field may be populated with the converted structured data.