The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States.

News from the NRMP!

Specialties Matching Service Welcomes the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Match!

The Specialties Matching Service is pleased to welcome Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship programs to the NRMP for the 2009 appointment year. For the match's schedule of dates and other information, click Fellowship Matches at the top of this page and select Participating Fellowships from the left menu bar, or contact our Help Desk specialists toll-free at 1-866-617-5834. For information about the application process being used by Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine programs, please visit the Organization of Neonatology Training Program Directors (ONTPD) at www.aap.org/sections/ontpd.htm and the section on Perinatal Pediatrics (SoPPe) http://www.aap.org/sections/perinatal/default.cfm.

Medical Specialties Matching Program Continues to Grow!

The Specialties Matching Service is pleased to welcome Nephrology and Endocrinology to the Medical Specialties Matching Program, the fellowship match for Internal Medicine subspecialties. The programs will participate in the 2008 MSMP for the 2009 appointment year. Registration opens January 2, 2008. With the addition of Nephrology and Endocrinology, the MSMP will encompass 1,030 programs, 2,860 positions, and more than 5,100 applicants

For information about the Nephrology application process, visit www.asn-online.org. Information about the Endocrinology application process is available at www.APDEM.org. For information about the MSMP, including the Schedule of Dates, please click Fellowship Matches at the top of this page or contact our Help Desk specialists toll-free at 1-866-617-5834.

This page contains documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). The Adobe Acrobat® Reader® is required to view PDF documents. Download Acrobat® Reader®.

To participate in a NRMP match, click Register/Login above.

Main Residency Match

The 2008 Match offered more positions and made more matches than ever before in the NRMP's history, and the match rate for U.S. allopathic seniors (94.2 percent) was the highest in 30 years. The press release (PDF, 2 pages) and advance data tables (see below) tell the story.

Data and Reports

Visit the Data and Reports section for more NRMP match data.

Advance Data Tables: 2008 Main Residency Match (PDF, 8 pages)
Seven selected tables from "Results and Data," provides an early look at the 2008 Main Residency Match results. Data presented include positions offered and filled, applicant characteristics, match rates for U.S. allopathic seniors and all applicants, and a summary of couples in the Match.

Results and Data: Specialties Matching Service, 2008 Appointment Year (PDF, 72 pages)
This report summarizes all fellowship matches conducted by the NRMP's Specialties Matching Service (SMS). Data are provided for matches conducted in 2007 (and early 2008) for appointments beginning in July 2008. In addition, trend data over the past five years show the number of programs, positions, and match rates by specialty. Also available for purchase from AAMC Publications.

NRMP Fees

The applicant registration fee is $40. Institutions pay a $100 registration fee, plus $20 per participating program and $20 per applicant matched to the program.

Related Resources

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®)

Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA)

FindAResident

Management services provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Updated 03/20/2008