{"id":29963,"date":"2024-03-01T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=29963"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:49:10","slug":"classroom-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/office-of-research\/institutional-review-board\/classroom-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are conducting a class project designed solely for instructional purposes, or internal evaluation, and you will <\/span><\/span>NOT<\/span><\/span> collect personally identifiable information (PII) (e.g., names, phone numbers, addresses, IDs), and you are <\/span><\/span>NOT<\/span><\/span> going to present or publish the data or results from the data analysis, then an IRB protocol is generally <\/span><\/span>NOT <\/span><\/span>required.<\/span><\/span> If, however, you plan to <\/span>disseminate<\/span> the quality improvement (QI) project results externally (e.g., conference presentation, publication, thesis\/dissertation, poster, or other public venues), you<\/span><\/span> MUST<\/span><\/span> obtain an IRB determination (Non-Human Subject Research, Exempt or IRB approval letter) before <\/span>commencing<\/span> the activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless, there is University oversight for classroom project research. The Marymount Office of Research, in collaboration with the IRB committee, establishes and oversees enforcement of University Policies governing the protection of human subjects for Classroom Research Projects.<\/p>\n

In situations where the classroom research project involves Human Subjects, the faculty instructor is responsible for project oversight, assuring students are adequately trained, and that activities are within the scope of ethical conduct. All classroom projects must adhere to the requirements described below.<\/p>\n