Middle School youth 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.
Additional information and applications for Academic Conference are available on the state 4-H website.
4-H’ers can submit Applications in the following Project Areas:
- Beef
- Citizenship
- Communications/Public Speaking
- Companion Animal
- Computers & Technology
- Consumer Education/Entrepreneurship
- Creative Arts & Design
- Dairy Cattle
- Food Science/Dairy Foods
- Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries
- Goat
- Healthy Living
- Horse
- Outdoor Recreation/Shooting Sports
- Plant Sciences
- Poultry
- Sheep
- Swine
- Veterinary Sciences
Details:
- When?
- June 2027
- Where?
- University of Tennessee Knoxville campus
- Who?
- Youth who have completed grades 6th, 7th, or 8th
- What?
- Youth receive extensive, hands-on training in project areas under the supervision of university scientists and specialists
- 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
- Cost?
- TBD for 2027
- Application Process?
- Applications will be due to the Hamilton County 4-H Office in March 2027
- Applications will be available on the State 4-H website
Contact the UT/TSU Hamilton County Extension Office 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 (423-209-8560).