Overseas Faculty Development Seminars (OFDS) are short-term academic programs conducted abroad that provide faculty, administrators, and professionals with immersive, place-based learning through lectures, site visits, and engagement with local experts and institutions, supporting the integration of global perspectives into teaching and research.

Faculty Leadership for International Training and Enrichment (FLITE), delivered in partnership with College of the Canyons, combines an online course, a mentor-guided project, and an overseas seminar. Participants build knowledge through guided coursework, develop a project with mentor support, and apply their learning during an international seminar featuring site visits and engagement with local experts and institutions.

CAORC offers two fellowship programs. The Multi-Country Research Fellowship has been running since 1993 and supports transnational research in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for scholars with a PhD or terminal degree as well as doctoral candidates who are 'all but dissertation'. The CAORC-NEH Research Fellowship, first launched in 2016, supports advanced research in the humanities in one country with a participating Overseas Research Center as a base for scholars with a PhD or terminal degree.