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Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: Call for Proposals for 2025 Transition to Residency Conference Now Open! Submit proposal by May 23, 2025 at 9:00pm ET The NRMP® is accepting proposals for its 2025 stakeholder conference, Transition to Residency: Conversations Across the Medical Education Continuum, October 11–12,…

Dear Institutional Officials and Administrators in the Main Residency Match, The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is pleased to welcome you to the 2026 Main Residency Match®! Registration for institutions and programs opens at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 1. The NRMP’s decision to modify the Match registration timeline for institutions and programs allows early updates…

Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: NRMP Celebrates Match Day for the 2025 Main Residency Match On Friday, March 21, the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) proudly announced the results of the 2025 Main Residency Match® (“the Match”), the largest in its 73-year history. A total of…

If for any reason a matched applicant or program cannot or will not honor the binding commitment, a waiver or deferral must be requested from the NRMP. Review the Requesting a Waiver page and the Waiver Policy for more information. Requests must be submitted on the appropriate Applicant or Program Wavier/Deferral form.

A non Match-participating program at my institution offered a position to an applicant who has a concurrent year match to another program. Is my institution liable? 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…

*UPDATE March 24, 2025* The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is updating this post with new resources provided by the Office of Academic Affiliations at Veteran’s Affairs. As of March 21, 2025, the Veterans Administration has initiated the new Tier-1 enhanced security vetting process for US-citizen Health Professions Trainees (HPTs) who will participate in educational activities…

*UPDATE March 24, 2025* The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is updating this post with new resources provided by the Office of Academic Affiliations at Veteran’s Affairs. As of March 21, 2025, the Veterans Administration has initiated the new Tier-1 enhanced security vetting process for US-citizen Health Professions Trainees (HPTs) who will participate in educational activities…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is set to kick off Match Week 2025, a pivotal occasion for the medical education community. On Monday, March 17, residency applicants from across the nation and around the world learn if they have matched to a clinical training program. For applicants who do not match, the NRMP’s Supplemental…

Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: Certify Your Rank Order List for the Main Residency Match by March 5 at 9 pm ET As we approach the Rank Order List Certification Deadline of Wednesday, March 5, at 9:00 pm ET, we encourage you to remember the following…