CAORC offers two fellowship programs. The Multi-Country Research Fellowship 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 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.

CAORC recognizes the immediate and growing need for US faculty and administrators at community colleges to provide a global perspective to their students. CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars that allow these educators to gain the requisite first-hand experience needed to develop and improve international teaching at their institutions.