Application and Matching Cycle Deadlines and Information
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Process for 2026-2027 Fellowships
IMPORTANT Update:
The Fellowship Council has announced the scramble and match results. Reports are available when you login to the FC site. If you have not received any communication from the fellowship council, please call the FC office. It has come to our attention that emails from the FC are being blocked by many institutions. Information on how to contact the office is posted on the program and applicant page. We appreciate your patience.
To apply to a Fellowship Council Fellowship is a 3-step process.
STEP 1: The first step is for prospective applicants to complete an application by creating an account beginning on Monday, December 2, 2024 at 5:00PM Pacific. To do so, click Create Application. The application deadline is Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
STEP 2: The second step is the interview process where applicants will be invited to interview by programs. Interviews will be virtual.
STEP 3: The third and final step is the matching process where programs and applicants rank each other and submit final rank order lists. The matching process will be conducted via a separate Fellowship Council matching process system.
Access the Frequently Asked Questions page; Applicants User Guide; and Programs User Guide
For violations information, review the Fellowship Council Matching Service Participation Agreement carefully when logging into the matching process site for the first time and also visit the Matching Policies and Procedures page.
Dates:
- Monday, December 2, 2024 : Fellowship Council Application Process Opens
- Friday, January 17, 2025 : Letters of Recommendations Due
- Tuesday, January 21, 2025 : Fellowship Application Closes
- Wednesday, January 22, 2025 : Program Directors Gain Access to Fellow Applications
- Thursday, February 24, 2025*: Universal Interview Offer Day
- Friday, February 28, 2025 : Deadline to offer Interviews to Applicants
- Thursday, May 1, 2025 : Rank Order List Opens
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Quota Change Deadline
- Friday, May 16, 2025 : Program Rank Order List Certification Deadline
- Monday, June 2, 2025 : Applicant Rank Order List Certification Deadline
- Monday, June 23, 2025 : Scramble Date
- Tuesday, June 24, 2025 : Announcement of Fellowship Matching Result
- Saturday, August 1, 2026 : Fellowships Begin
*UNIVERSAL INTERVIEW OFFER DAY: The FC recommends all FC Member Programs participate in the Universal Interview Offer Day for the 2026-2027 Matching Process on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 9AM (Pacific)
Reminders:
The deadline for programs to submit and certify their rank order list is Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:59PM (Pacific)
The deadline for applicants to submit and certify their rank order list is Monday, June 2, 2025, 11:59PM (Pacific)
As a reminder, programs and applicants may only certify one rank order list when participating in the application processes with concurrent match dates.
An applicant who accepts a position through another national match plan or by agreement outside the FC Matching Process must withdraw PRIOR to the Fellowship Council rank order list deadline on Monday, June 2, 2025. Failure to do so is a violation of the Fellowship Council Matching Service Participation Agreement (FCMSPA), which all applicants agree to upon signing onto the matching system. The violation will be investigated by the Fellowship Council. Applicants who elect to participate in the matching process and certify a rank order list by 11:59PM Pacific Monday, June 2, 2025, are prohibited from accepting a position through any other national matching service or by agreement outside the match after the rank order list deadline.
The Fellowship Council will oversee the fellowship experience and will use its best efforts through accreditation to make the clinical experience a positive one. However, the Fellowship Council cannot guarantee that turnover within the faculty or within the program’s administration will not occur, either prior to or during the applicant’s tenure in the program. The match is with the program not the faculty. The listing of an applicant by a program on its certified rank order list or of a program by an applicant on the applicant’s certified rank order list establishes a binding commitment to offer or to accept an appointment if a match results. Failure to do so is a violation of the terms of the agreement agreed to at the initial login to the site. If a violation is confirmed, the applicant or program may be subject to penalties, as described in the Fellowship Council Violations Policy.
If an applicant is requesting a matching process commitment dissolution, the applicant must submit a Matching Process Commitment Dissolution Form to the Fellowship Council office for review by the Fellowship Council’s Communications Committee and its Board of Directors.
If a program is requesting a matching process commitment dissolution, the program must complete a Member Change Form and return it to the Fellowship Council office for review by the Fellowship Council’s Communications Committee and its Board of Directors. No matching process commitment dissolution will be permitted without the Member Change Form being completed. Applicants match with programs and not with Program Directors or other faculty members associated with the program.
On Scramble Day, Monday, June 23, 2025
- If you do not match with a program, you will receive an email notification on Monday, June 23, 2025 between 9:00AM and 9:30AM Pacific.
- You will then need to log into your account on fellowshipcouncil.org and click on Access Matching Process Site.
- From there, you may click on the Reports link and access the Available Programs report.
You may contact any of the programs on that list directly regarding their open position. Programs will also have access to both your application and letters of recommendation via the Available Applicants report. To change your availability status at any time so that you are no longer on the Available Applicants report, log in to your account, click on your user name in the upper right hand corner, and select “No” on the Available line. For more information, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions document and the User Guide.
On Announcement of Fellowship Matches Day, Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Matching result notification emails will be sent on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 letting both programs and applicants know if they matched but additional details on who was matched will not be available until the Date of Announcement of Fellowship Matches, Tuesday, June 24, 2025 between 9:00AM and 9:30AM Pacific.
At that time programs and applicants may also log into their account (log into your account on fellowshipcouncil.org and click on Access Matching Process Site) to view the matching process results. Please refer to the program and applicant user guides for more detailed information on viewing matching results.
If you have any questions about the matching process, please contact the Fellowship Council office at 310-437-0555 or email [email protected]
Office hours : Mon-Fri 8:00AM-4:00PM Pacific except holidays.