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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…

No. The restriction on questions about applicants’ interviewing behaviors includes geographic region; however, programs can ask applicants why they are interested in the city or state where that program is located.

Yes. Restricting a program’s ability to ask applicants about the names, specialties, geographical locations, or other identifying information about programs to which applicants have or may apply is not intended to limit mentoring relationships. Residency and fellowship program directors are encouraged to help applicants and residents who seek guidance about their training plans.

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has published Results and Data: Specialties Matching Service® 2025 Appointment Year for Fellowship Matches in the Specialties Matching Service® (SMS®). The report is an important compendium reflecting the outcome of the NRMP’s 22 Fellowship Matches for more than 75 subspecialties.  This past year, 14,833 active applicants (ones who submitted certified…

NRMP releases results for the 2024 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match. The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) proudly announces that more than 8,000 resident physicians have successfully secured fellowship training positions through its 2024 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match. The 2024 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match, the largest of the Fellowship Matches managed by the…

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 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…

The 2023 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match saw only a small increase in the number of applicants despite an increase in the number of available training positions The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released results for the 2023 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match, its largest fellowship Match encompassing 38 subspecialties. The 2023 Match featured…

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…