Want to participate in a WFPF Youth Institute?
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Prize Foundation and its program partners will determine the delivery of the 2023 Youth Institutes on a case by case basis.
If you are a middle or high school student who wants to help end hunger and poverty and improve the world, click on the links below to learn how you can participate in one of these youth institutes!
2023 WFPF Youth Institutes
Med City Youth Institute hosted by the University of Minnesota Rochester |
CANCELED |
Kansas Youth Institute hosted by Kansas State University |
March 3, 2023 |
New Jersey Youth Institute hosted by Rutgers University |
March 3, 2023 |
Mississippi Youth Institute hosted by Mississippi State University |
March 3, 2023 |
Texas Youth Institute hosted by Texas A&M University |
March 10, 2023 |
Wageningen Youth Institute hosted by Wageningen University Research |
March 16, 2023 |
New York Youth Institute hosted by Cornell University |
March 17, 2023 |
Wisconsin Youth Institute hosted by University of Wisconsin |
April 10, 2023 |
North Carolina Youth Institute hosted by North Carolina State University |
April 14, 2023 |
Arkansas Youth Institute hosted by University of Arkansas |
April 14, 2023 |
Nebraska Youth Institute hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
April 17, 2023 |
Ohio Youth Institute hosted by The Ohio State University |
April 17, 2023 |
Nebraska Youth Institute hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
April 24, 2023 |
Iowa Youth Institute hosted by Iowa State University |
April 24, 2023 |
Purdue Youth Institute hosted by Purdue University |
April 28, 2023 |
SLU Youth Institute - Ultuna hosted by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
May 4, 2023 |
Missouri Youth Institute hosted by the University of Missouri |
May 4, 2023 |
Northern Great Plains Youth Institute hosted by University of Minnesota Crookston |
May 8, 2023 |
SLU Youth Institute - Alnarp hosted by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
May 11, 2023 |
Michigan Youth Institute hosted by Michigan State University |
May 11, 2023 |
Minnesota Youth Institute hosted by University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
May 15, 2023 |
Morris Challenge Youth Institute hosted by University of Minnesota Morris |
May 23, 2023 |
SLU Youth Institute - Umeå hosted by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
May 25, 2023 |
Maryland Youth Institute hosted by University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
May 26, 2023 |
WFPF Virtual Youth Institute - Live hosted by World Food Prize Foundation |
May 31, 2023 |
Alabama Youth Institute hosted by Tuskegee University |
June 23, 2023 |
Florida Youth Institute hosted by University of Florida |
July 9-14 & July 16-21, 2023 |
Pennsylvania Youth Institute hosted by Penn State University |
TBA |
South Dakota Youth Institute hosted by South Dakota State University |
TBA |
Honduras Youth Institute hosted by Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural University and Alison Bixby Stone School |
TBA |