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The Specialties Matching Service Results and Data report features five-year trend data by specialty on number of programs, positions, and applicants as well as match rates.

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is excited to announce Match Week for the 2022 Main Residency Match and “Match Day” on Friday, March 18. For Match applicants, Match Day symbolizes the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education, the day when they learn which residency training program they will attend as they begin their…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released Results and Data Specialties Matching Service®, 2022 Appointment Year for physician Fellowship Matches conducted by the NRMP Specialties Matching Service (SMS®).  The report shows 13,586 active applicants (those submitting certified rank order lists of programs) competed for 12,571 fellowship positions offered by 5,436 programs, making the 2022…

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…

Washington, D.C., December 15, 2021 – The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released the results of the 2021 Pediatric Specialties Match (PSM) for appointment year 2022. The 2021 PSM surpassed the 2020 PSM with 1,754 applicants submitting program choices (a 7.0 % increase) and 854 participating programs (a 4.7% increase) offering 1,735 positions (a 5.9% increase). Of the positions offered, 1,507 filled (a 6.6 % increase).

The NRMP requires all Match participants to behave in an ethical and professionally responsible manner. Alleged breaches of Match policy are taken seriously and are subject to violation investigation. Applicants and programs can submit a claim of an alleged breach of Match Policy using the Alleged Violation Forms. Read the Violations Policy. Common Policy Breaches…

NRMP permits Specialties Matching Service® (SMS®) Match sponsors to voluntarily implement the All In Policy for their Fellowship Matches. Not all Fellowship Matches implement the policy. If a SMS Match sponsor voluntarily implements the All In Policy, programs in the subspecialty that elect to participate in the Match must register and attempt to fill all positions in the Match.…

The Match Participation Agreement you signed electronically when you registered for the Match states that a match between an applicant and a program creates a binding commitment to accept a position if a match results and to start training in good faith (i.e., with the intent to complete the program) on the date specified in the appointment…

Applicants who give notice of resignation, resign, or vacate a position within 45 days of the start date specified in the appointment contract are presumed to have breached NRMP policy unless they can demonstrate, through the NRMP waiver process, that they entered into the program in good faith and the NRMP determines they have a…