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No, if you did not get any interviews or did not apply to any programs, you will not certify a rank order list. You will be unmatched when the Match results are released on Monday of Match Week and will have access to the List of Unfilled Programs if you are verified as eligible for…

NRMP will combine its Medical Specialties Matching Program and Pediatric Specialties Fellowship Match into a new ‘Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match,’ beginning in 2022 for the 2023 appointment year.  NRMP has worked closely over the past two years with the Council of Pediatric Subspecialties, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, and the Alliance for Academic…

Medical school officials/administrators (SO/SA) are required to verify the graduation credentials of their students and prior-year graduates to participate in the Main Residency Match and Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). Credentials verification is an important task: only students and graduates who are verified as eligible to enter graduate medical education (GME) on July 1…

The R3 system only allows for two program users, the school official and the school administrator.

There is not a SOAP process for fellowship Matches, but NRMP does provide unfilled and unmatched lists to help fill positions after a fellowship Match concludes. When Match results are released at 12:00 pm ET on the applicable Match Day, a List of Unfilled Programs is released to fellowship applicants who did not match. At…

Programs are advised to direct this question to their institution’s GME office or human resources department. If pre-employment criteria requires that all employees be vaccinated for COVID-19, the program must provide that specific eligibility requirement along with all other eligibility requirements to the applicants who interview with the program prior to the Rank Order List Certification Deadline or offer made during SOAP. 

The Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system is the web-based software application through which all NRMP Matches are managed. The R3 system maintains the highest level of security and confidentiality and can be used with any computer with access to the Internet. To participate in a Match, users must create a unique username and password that…

Next steps depend on whether you are participating in the Main Residency Match or a Fellowship Match.

The Match Participation Agreement states that applicants must meet ACGME® and institutional requirements prior to the start of training in order to be eligible for their matched positions.  If you learn you are ineligible to honor your binding commitment, you must immediately submit to the NRMP a request for a waiver of your match commitment. You also must request…