Small Rooms
The Research Commons has one conference room, four project rooms for small group work and one consultation room for Zoom calls or one-on-one meetings. Our rooms are restricted for use by graduate students, faculty and postdocs only. Rooms can be reserved (at least 24 hours in advance) online using the Reserve a Small Room button below.
Reservations and Walk-Ins
Rooms must be reserved in advance—same-day reservations are not accepted. Any unreserved rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis for walk-ins each day. All rooms are reserved in 2-hour blocks unless otherwise approved by Research Commons staff.
Small Room Descriptions and Guidelines
The conference room seats up to 10 people and is equipped for easy video conferencing and collaboration. It includes a large display, built-in camera and microphones, HDMI connections for laptops and a AirMedia display for wireless screen sharing from laptops, tablets or smartphones.
Group Use Only: A minimum of two people is required to reserve or use the Conference Room. Individual use is not allowed.
Project rooms #327 and #342 each seat up to six people, while rooms #325 and #346 each seat up to four. All rooms include TV displays with HDMI connections and Solstice Pods for wireless screen sharing.
Group Use Only: A minimum of two people is required to reserve or use a Project Room. Individual use is not allowed.
The consultation room is designed for Zoom calls, one-on-one meetings or limited individual use. It seats up to two people and includes a TV display and soundbar for high-quality video conferencing.
Individual use permitted, but only for the intended purpose of the room. Individual study is not allowed.
Large Rooms
The Research Commons offers several large rooms for events aimed at our target audience fitting within our scope. To request a room, please email us at researchcommons@osu.edu.
When not reserved, these rooms are open for individual study or project work by graduate students, faculty and postdocs. For full details, visit our Room Guidelines page.
Large Room Descriptions and Guidelines
Brainstorming Room
This space offers flexible seating for up to 36 people and can be divided into two smaller rooms (18 seats each) with staff assistance. It includes:
- Extensive whiteboard space
- An interactive table
- Two PC desktop workstations
- Wireless projection for personal devices
Room 344
This room seats up to 18. It is not private. The room connects to Brainstorming B (Room 350B) via a passthrough, which may allow sound to carry between rooms.
The Classroom seats up to 20 people and is primarily used for educational workshops, research training and events that highlight Ohio State research. It is also well-suited to in-person graduate defenses and presentations.
Please note: This space is not available for regular course instruction.
The Colloquia room is the main event space in the Research Commons and can accommodate up to 55 people. Research Commons programs and partner events have priority use of this space.
Reservation requests are considered if:
- The event is aimed at graduate, faculty and postdoc researchers
- The content focuses on interdisciplinary research, digital scholarship or emerging research methods
- The expected attendance is within the capacity of the room (55 persons)