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No. You may volunteer information about where you have applied and how you plan to rank programs, but programs are prohibited from asking you to disclose the information. Any program that asks an applicant to disclose information about preference signals or the names, specialties, geographic location, or other identifying information about programs to which an…

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…

The NRMP® is pleased to announce that Forensic Psychiatry has joined the Specialties Matching Service® offering programs a centralized process for conducting fellowship recruitment.  The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law led the organizing effort on behalf of Forensic Psychiatry and will serve as the sponsoring organization for their participation, with approximately 55 programs…

Chief of Match Operations, Jeanette Calli, and Director of Policy & Compliance, Joy Gaabucayan, recently hosted a webinar designed to assist program staff in administering their programs in the Main Residency Match. This presentation provides introductory information about the 2026 Main Residency Match, an overview of the Match schedule, updates on policy changes, and support…

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…

Dear Residency Program Directors and Coordinators, 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 to the public Program…

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…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) along with representatives from the Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Vascular Surgery specialties, recently hosted a webinar designed to assist institutional and program staff in participating in the 2026 Voluntary Program Rank Order List (ROL) Lock pilot. The webinar provides an overview of the Voluntary Program ROL Lock pilot, discusses…