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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…

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 Directors and Institutional Administrators in the Main Residency Match® and the Specialties Matching Service® fellowship Matches now have additional oversight of their program’s Match participation. The Institutional Official (IO) traditionally has been required to activate both the institution and all the programs for Match participation in the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system. …

The NRMP is pleased to announce Hematopathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology, and Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology will participate in the Specialties Matching Service® in 2025. The Society for Hematopathology has led the organizing effort on behalf of Hematopathology and will serve as the sponsoring organization for their participation, with approximately 69 programs and 122 positions…

The NRMP would like to share the following press release from the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) announcing that Preventive Medicine is joining the 2025 Main Residency Match: ACPM Announces Preventive Medicine Joins “The Match” The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), in conjunction with the Public Health and General Preventive Medicine (PH/GPM) Residency…

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) has updated and posted the 2024 SMS Match Participation Agreements (“Agreements”) for all fellowship matches opening after January 1, 2024. Although participants in a NRMP Match are responsible for reading the entire Agreement, we have highlighted below new and updated policies to support Match participants as they prepare for…

NEW! Research Brief: Content Evaluation of the National Resident Matching Program Applicant Survey: Reflections on Process and Lessons Learned The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has maintained a long-standing interest in characterizing the experiences of those who participate in the Main Residency Match®. That interest has, in part, been pursued annually through the administration of…

2023 appointment year was the largest in the 38-year history of the NRMP’s Specialties Matching Service® The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP) has released Results and Data Specialties Matching Service, 2023 Appointment Year for Fellowship Matches conducted by the NRMP’s Specialties Matching Service (SMS®).  The report shows 13,919 active applicants competed for 13,365 fellowship positions…