Research Guidance

Best Practices

Best Practices are recommendations from the IRB for projects that do not require IRB review. 

• Best Practices for Class Projects Involving Human Subjects (PDF)
• Best Practices for Faculty Mentors of Student Research (PDF)

Research Guidance

The following guidance applies to research activities that require IRB review. These resources identify ethical, regulatory, and methodological considerations that researchers should address and reflect in their IRB submissions. Researchers are encouraged to consult this guidance regularly, as the IRB updates these resources to reflect evolving ethical standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.

• Research Guidance-Recruiting Students for Research (PDF)
• Research Guidance-Online Survey Research (PDF)
• Research Guidance-Interview-Based Research (PDF)
• Research Guidance-Use of Photography Audio and Video in HSR
• Research Guidance-HSR in K-12 Schools (PDF)
• Research Guidance-HSR Involving Longwood Student-Athletes (PDF)

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Procedures for Requesting a FERPA Consent Exception for SOTL (PDF)