The National Soybean Check-Off Research database/web interface will contain the following features to be used by the entire soybean community:

1) Maintain continuity in having one centralized and authoritative database containing all check-off supported research, going back to 2002 (when an official listing was first initiated) and kept current on an annual basis.

2) Features of both a database and a website: Allow multiple parties, with determined levels of authorization, to add input and access various data, information and summaries of research results base on: timestamp date of entry, project reference codes, fiscal years, check-off project #, title, brief description of project, project category, keywords, start/approval/end dates, project duration, lists of objectives/expected outcomes/actual outcomes, funding amounts, lead PI, Co-PIs, contact information, institution, funding organization/source, leveraged funding, key deliverables/results/impact, quarterly/semi-annual/annual updates and progress reports.

3) Automated or semi-automated tools for requesting reports and for uploading reports from standardized update templates.

4) A searchable database on each project that can then be filtered and queried as appropriate in order to statistically summarize or tally key pieces of information as listed above, but especially: Years and duration of the project. Each PI or co-PI researcher, their institution. Level of funding provided per researcher and institution and by topic area. Categorize impact and how the research was utilized by the soybean community e.g. variety release, genetic marker, publication, extension bulletin, overall value and impact of the research for production or extending meaningful basic knowledge, etc.

5) Website that provides a summary of information, in terms of its conclusions and outcomes, provided by check-off projects and offers in a listing according to specific research project(s) of interest or all projects by topic, flexibly searchable.

6) A full set of interactive web tools to allow a user to obtain, access and extract information in a variety of ways (e.g. by region, by an individual state, by general or specific topic, etc.) as well as perform statistical summaries of check-off research (e.g. amount of funding per year or over years – nationally or by state, how research was utilized, etc).

7) Highly functional and expandable search engine, with wide flexibility in use of key words, to obtain either a full set or selected listing of projects and their summaries that are pertinent to a given search.

8) Website summary of information such as: Basic project information – Title, PI, institution, funding level per year of funding. Objectives – clearly stated in numerical order. Key results within each numbered objective. Conclusions and deliverables, with some measure of impact to soybean knowledge and production.

9) The information for Objective 6 will be split into Fast Facts and Full Facts for users with different levels of expertise and need for the information: “Fast Facts” intended for farmers and on-farm practitioners (consultants, tech reps, retailers, journalists, etc,), containing just the key facts pertaining to applied or on-farm use derived from the project’s deliverables and conclusions, a brief summary in laymen’s terms of the objectives and results by objective, most pertinent basics of the project background (lead PI and institution, years of study). "Full Facts” intended for agricultural scientists, extension/outreach or research containing a full set of information per project: Full set of deliverables as they pertain to on-farm use and also the advancement of knowledge and research progress in the given area, full set of objectives in numerical order, full set of key results and conclusions according to the numbered objectives. full set of basic information on the project background, listing in check-box format (checking “all that applies”) of how the research was utilized by the soybean community e.g. variety release, genetic marker, publication, extension bulletin, etc. – that is also housed in the database for sort-and-summarize requests, quick list of “next steps” identified by the project. links to the publications and manuscripts and other pertinent information generated from the project.