Amarillo College encourages and supports the scholarly endeavors of students, faculty, and staff of the College. Pursuit of scholarly work and research will often involve the use of human subject for data collection and analysis.  Amarillo College's Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews human subject research proposals to ensure that the right and welfare of human subjects used in research studies by College personnel are protected; that risks have been considered and minimized; that the potential for benefit has been identified and maximized; that all human subjects only volunteer to participate in research after being provided with legally effective informed concent; that any research is conducted in an ethical manner and in compliance with established standard. Those individuals seeking to conduct research may not solicit subject participation or begin data collection until they have obtained clearance by the Amarillo College Institutional Review Board.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Subject Research at Amarillo College has responsibility to oversee procedures for carrying out the College' commitment to protect human subject in research.  The role of the IRB is to review proposed research project that involve the use of human subjects; ensure that the individual involved in the project are treated ethically; ensure that all subject are provided with substantial information about the study and consent to be a subject in the study; and that all private information will be handled with confidentiality.   The IRB is authorized to review, approve, require modifications in, or disapprove research activities conducted by or through the College using human subject.