IRB: Procedures and Guidance
The NC State University IRB maintains a wealth of documentation and other resources to assist researchers throughout the IRB lifecycle. Here, you’ll find all of our guidance documents on study design, data collection methods and modes, and other considerations.
IRB Guidance
This section provides guidance on study design, methods and modes of data collection, and IRB considerations.
The NC State University IRB provides guidance for the most commonly asked questions, employed methods, and how to navigate the varying laws, regulations, and policies. Many of these guidance documents include or link to required forms, policies, and templates.
Does My Project Need IRB Review?
- Is it Research?
- Is it Human Subjects Research?
- Assessment/Eval/QA/QI and Research
- Class Projects That Are Not Regulated Research
- Pilot Studies and Feasibility Work IRB Unit Standard
- Citizen Science
- When Oral History Becomes Research with Human Subjects
- Water, Soil, and Farmed Food Sampling
- College of Veterinary Medicine Research Activities
Guidance for Specific NC State University Units
- Biomedical Engineering – Joint Department with UNC-Chapel Hill
- Implementing Food Quality Studies
- Consumer Food Preference, Taste, and Quality in Human Subjects Research
- Data from the Community Counseling, Education, and Research Center
- The Friday Institute and the IRB
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Participant Selection
- Researchers Enrolling in Their Own Research
- Targeting NC State University Students as Research Participants
- Inclusion of Minors Attending Post-Secondary Institutions in Research Unit Standard
- Research Involving Minors Unit Standard
- Research with Pregnant People and Neonates Unit Standard
- Research with Those Who Are Incarcerated Unit Standard
- Citizen Science
- Research Match Procedures and Guidance
Research Using the Human Body
- Alcohol Administration
- Blood Draws
- Consumer Food Preference, Taste, and Quality in Human Subjects Research
- Genetics and Genomics – Genomics research usually generates identifiable information about an individual and those biologically related to them, within the same group in a region as them, or both. Genomics research can uncover information about a participant that directly affects their or their family’s future. This information might be unsuspected and, therefore, has both potentially wonderful and potentially harmful consequences to the individual or their relatives. Please note that the NIH genomic data sharing policy only applies to NIH-funded research that generates large-scale human or non-human genomic data and uses these data for subsequent research.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Unit Standard
- Images and Recordings in Research with Human Subjects
- Implementing Food Quality Studies
- Medical Devices Unit Standard
- Phased and Staged Research
- Use of Applications and Software for Research with Human Subjects
Data Management, Sharing, and Use
- Collection and Reporting of Demographic Information
- Identifiable Data Sets
- Use of Social Media for Human Subjects Research
- Data Management and Security
- Guidance for Data Stewards
- Mandated Reporting and Research with Human Subjects
- Research Administration and Compliance “Data Use Agreements” Guidance
- The General Data Protection Regulation
- Use of Applications and Software for Research with Human Subjects