

| Date | Activity |
| Mid-late June 2008 | ERAS 2009 Fellowships Applicant User Guides will be available for PDF download by chapters or in its entirety on our Web site. |
| July 1, 2008 | MyERAS Web site opens to applicants to begin working on their applications. EFDO begins to generate and distribute MyERAS tokens. |
| November 15, 2008 | Applicants may apply to December application cycle programs. |
| December 1, 2008 | ERAS PostOffice opens to December application cycle programs for downloading. |
| April - June 2009 | Match results become available for December application cycle specialties that hold matches. |
| May 31, 2009 | ERAS PostOffice will close to prepare for the ERAS 2010 season. |
| July 1, 2010 | Fellows begin their training. |
ERAS does not set program application deadlines as the individual programs set the deadlines. You should contact the fellowship programs directly for application process, deadlines and position start dates. ERAS has two application cycles each year: July and December. The ERAS PostOffice closes on May 31st each year to prepare for the following ERAS application season. At that time all of our servers are purged of all applications and supporting documents. ERAS does not maintain records from year to year.