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Chief of Match Operations Jeanette Calli recently hosted an educational webinar designed to assist program staff with Match Week and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). The webinar provides an overview about preparing for Match Week, obtaining your program’s Match results, important policy information, and navigating SOAP in the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results…

Operations Supervisor Russette Blake and Director of Match Policy and Compliance Joy Gaabucayan recently hosted a webinar designed to assist fellowship program staff. Learn about program staff roles and responsibilities, managing your program’s participation in the Match, ranking applicants, and important policy information. Whether your program is new to the NRMP or you are a…

Chief of Match Operations Jeanette Calli and Director of Policy and Compliance Joy Gaabucayan recently hosted an educational webinar designed to assist program staff with ranking in the 2025 Main Residency Match. The webinar provides information on the ranking process, how the matching algorithm works, and the program staff roles and responsibilities involved in ranking…

NRMP Chief Operating Officer Laurie Curtin, PhD, and Senior Manager of Policy and Compliance David Dojcsak-Sparks, MBA, recently hosted a webinar designed to help program staff learn and understand important Match policy for the Specialties Matching Service (SMS) matches. This presentation covers new policies in the 2024 SMS Match Participation Agreements, important refreshers on existing…

No, programs cannot have a quota of zero. Programs that elect not to participate in a Match are expected to withdraw from the Match.

Information pertaining to institutional policies, program policies, and eligibility requirements should be made available to all applicants when the Match and AAMC ERAS (or other) application service opens. This can be easily accomplished by posting the information to the program’s website. Policy information and eligibility requirements must be provided to all applicants who interview with a program prior to the Rank Order List Certification Deadline or offer made during SOAP.

Guide to Activating Institutions and Programs

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 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…