Junior High 4-H Academic Conference

Download brochure. June 11-14, 2024 at University of Tennessee Knoxville. Applications are due to the Extension Office for review by March 25, 2024. 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. More information on Academic Conference is available online.

Please contact the UT-TSU Hamilton County Extension Office with any questions or to set up an appointment with a 4-H Agent for help with the application process 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
  • Dairy Foods
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Food Science
  • Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries
  • Garden and Home Horticulture
  • Goat
  • Horse
  • Nutrition/Health/Fitness
  • Outdoor Recreation/Shooting Sports
  • Poultry
  • Sheep
  • Swine
  • Veterinary Science

Applications will include:

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

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