Office of International Programs

Appalachian offers 40+ faculty-led education abroad programs per year in 25+ countries! 

Thanks to your personal commitment of time and energy, combined with your academic and international expertise, many Appalachian students are gaining an invaluable education abroad experience each year!

Faculty-led education abroad programs offer enriching experiences for both student participants and faculty leaders. The Office of International Programs (OIP) would like to encourage you to consider leading a program! By leading an international program, you can help Appalachian students gain a hands-on international perspective in your field of study while fostering their awareness and understanding of an increasingly diverse and global world. As a program leader, you also benefit from a stimulating and rewarding teaching experience abroad.

Our mission at OIP is to work together with faculty and academic departments to develop an international educational experience abroad for Appalachian students and to assist prospective program leaders in developing new programs.

Proposal Link

2025 - 2026 Primary Leader Proposal Application Link

This link will take you to the Via-TRM system. Once you are logged in, you can return to this page and click the link again. Or, from the Via-TRM homepage, you can click on "explore programs" and search for "proposal." Once there, click on the "term information" tab to submit your proposal.

Starting in 2025, program co-leaders no longer need to complete an application. Please make sure that co-leaders are listed on the primary leader's proposal application.

Proposal deadlines

Each department may establish their own internal deadline for receiving proposals for faculty led programs.  These deadlines must be at least two weeks earlier than the deadline for submission to OIP.  

The online proposal application for Fall 25 – Summer 26 programs opens on January 7, 2025.

Fall 2025 Programs

Deadline for Submission: April 1, 2025

Spring Break 2026 Programs

Deadline for Submission: May 1, 2025

Summer I & II 2026 Programs

Deadline for Submission: June 1, 2025

Resources

Faculty-led Programs Provider List

Mock Proposal Application

Developing a Faculty-Led Education Abroad Program Webinar