4-H Academic Conference

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Decorative graphic advertising the 4-H Academic Conference event, with the words Everybody is talking about it. Tennessee 4-H Academic Conference June 9-12. Explore, lean, have fun. 6th-8th grade 4-H members. For additional information, please contact your local Extension office. Tennessee 4-H Youth Development.

June 9-12, 2026 at University of Tennessee Knoxville. Applications are due to the state 4-H office by March 30, 2026. Youth who have completed grades 6th, 7th, or 8th receive extensive, hands-on training in project areas under the supervision of university scientists and specialists on the UTK campus. The conference will provide a variety of rewarding and fun-filled experiences including classroom, outdoor, and laboratory settings. Delegates stay in a UTK dorm and have group events such as a pool party, a banquet, and field trips. The cost to attend 4-H Academic Conference is $110.

Additional information about Academic Conference is available at the state 4-H website page on Junior High 4-H Academic Conference.

Contact the UT-TSU Hamilton County Extension Office by mid-March to have a 4-H Agent help with any questions or set up an appointment to meet with you to review your Academic Conference application at 423-209-8560.

4-H’ers can submit Applications in the following Project Areas:

Beef
Citizenship
Communications/Public Speaking
Companion Animal
Computers & Technology
Consumer Education
Creative Arts & Design
Dairy Cattle
Entrepreneurship
Food Science/Dairy Foods
Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries
Goat
Healthy Living
Horse
Outdoor Recreation/Shooting Sports
Plant Sciences
Poultry
Sheep
Swine
Veterinary Sciences

youth participating in a veterinary science activity at 4-H academic conference

A group of youth showing the artwork they created as part of the 4-H Academic conference

4-H’ers can submit Applications in the following Project Areas:

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