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Program Directors and Institutional Administrators in the Main Residency Match® and the Specialties Matching Service® fellowship Matches now have additional oversight of their program’s Match participation. The Institutional Official (IO) traditionally has been required to activate both the institution and all the programs for Match participation in the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system. …

Institutional officials must ensure that none of their programs, regardless of Match participation status, discusses, interviews for, or offers a position to an applicant who has matched to or accepted a concurrent year position in another program or who is ineligible because of a denied waiver or a confirmed violation. Failure to ensure compliance could subject…

Program and institution registration for the 2027 Main Residency Match® opens on May 1. We have created welcome newsletters for residency program and institution staff. Each newsletter covers processes and policies about the Main Residency Match including an overview of the Match calendar, highlights of the Match Participation Agreements, data reports, fees, and support resources.

Chief of Match Operations Jeanette Calli and Director of Policy and Compliance Joy Gaabucayan recently hosted a Navigating Match Week and SOAP® for Programs webinar. The webinar includes: Navigating Match Week and SOAP for Programs Press Contact media@nrmp.org

Chief of Match Operations Jeanette Calli and Director of Policy and Compliance Joy Gaabucayan recently hosted an educational webinar designed to assist program staff with ranking in the 2026 Main Residency Match. Learn about: Ranking Applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match Press Contact media@nrmp.org

New for the 2026 Match! Registration is open for institution and program users in the 2026 Main Residency Match. Medical school users and residency applicants will continue to register for the Match on September 15.   Institution and program users received an email on May 1 when registration opened with instructions on how to register their…

Applicant Characteristics Associated with Program Rank Order Lists – In this session, Sara Balestrieri, PhD, ScM (NRMP) and Christopher Feddock, MD, MBA, MS (NBME) examines how key applicant characteristics — such as applicant type and USMLE performance — shape residency program rankings. Covering multiple specialties, including Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Otolaryngology, Pathology, and Diagnostic Radiology, this…

Program Signaling: Functionality, Directionality, and Outcomes in the Match – Presented by Sheila Pakdaman, PhD, MS (NRMP®), Dana Dunleavy, PhD (AAMC), and Daniel Jurich, PhD (NBME), this session explores prior research on program signals and introduces new analyses on their current impact on ranking and Match outcomes.  Focusing on General Surgery and Otolaryngology, the discussion…