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The R3 system offers institutions the option to revert, or donate, unfilled positions in one program to another during the matching process. If a donor program does not fill its quota, a designated number (equal to, or less than, the quota) of its unfilled positions can be added automatically to the quota of a receiver…

Upon Match opening, the IO must activate the institution or mark it as not participating in the Match. Once the institution is active, each program track also must be activated. Activation may be done by the institutional official (IO), but they also have the option to direct the program director or institutional administrator to activate…

No. If you did not register for a Match prior to the applicable Rank Order List Certification Deadline, you will not have access to the List of Unfilled Programs. In addition, you cannot register after the deadline or the release of Match results to gain access to the List.

Programs that participated in the previous Match are automatically rolled over in the R3 system but if your program did not participate or is new to the Match, you will need to contact our support team to be added to the Match.

Complete this form if your program is new to The Match and email it to support@nrmp.org. The information provided on the form will allow NRMP to create a record in the R3 system and add your program to the appropriate Match.

Every program participating in an NRMP Match has a unique 9-11 character code constructed in the following manner: Characters 1-4: the institution code Characters 5-7: the ACGME specialty code Character 8: program type letter Characters 9-11: track number (track number will be “0” unless an institution has more than one program in a specialty of…

Only programs in a subspecialty for which a Match is being conducted may offer positions through the SMS. To ensure a quality training experience for applicants, the NRMP may be selective in determining which programs are eligible to participate. To be eligible to offer positions through an SMS Match, a program must be either: Programs…

To participate in the Main Residency Match, a program must be either: Each program must meet these requirements by the Rank order List Certification Deadline.  A program cannot enroll in the Match until the designated institutional official has registered with the NRMP through the Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system.

Download the Main Residency Match Program Checklist