4-H Awards & Incentives Programs

Note: The competition Age is 8-18. Age is determined as of January 1. The CloverBud age is 5-7. Age is determined as of January 1.

4-H Awards Handbook

2025 4-H Awards Handbook - effective Jan. 1, 2025 for the 2025 Programming year.2026 4-H Awards Handbook - 2026 Program Year

Scholarships

Due February 2nd, 2026 State 4-H Deadline - (Check with your county for county deadline)2026 Scholarship information

2026 Academic Scholarship Guide - Google Doc Copy
2026 Scholarship Application (Program year 2025) - Google Doc Copy
Sample Resume Templates

Project Records

2025 Program Year Project Record Forms - due March 2, 2026, to State 4-H Office - (Check with your county for county deadline)2025 Program Year Record Book Forms

PDF Fillable Forms for 2025 Program Year

8 - 12 Forms

13 - 18 Forms

Sample Records 2024

Sample Record Books (Must log in using unity id)

Where Project Record Category does my project fit in?

Portfolios

Due March 2, 2026, to State 4-H office - (Check with your county for the county deadline)2025 Program Year Portfolio Form

Portfolio Form

4-H Electric Congress Portfolio Delegate - Guidelines

Score Sheets

Additional Resources

What is 4-H Citizenship/Community Service

Presentation Program

4-H Presentations are a huge part of North Carolina 4-H. It is one of the most successful ways to help a young person learn how to do a public speech. It focuses on members teaching others what they know about a particular project/subject matter. They are sometimes called demonstrations or illustrated talk or formal speech.

AIRE (Application, Interview, Resume & Electronic-Video) Program Information & Resource Page

AIRE (Application, Resume, Interview and Essay)AIRE (Application, Resume, Interview, and Essay) is the process used to select youth to attend National 4-H Trip: National 4-H Congress, National 4-H Conference, and National Leadership Conference. Youth, ages 14 – 18 are eligible to participate in this program.