Direct deposit

Recipients are to receive payments from the National Research Council Canada (NRC) by electronic payment; please complete the direct deposit request form. Direct deposit payments will be made in Canadian dollars and can only be deposited into Canadian bank accounts.

There are two electronic payment modes available:

1. Direct Deposit (DD) - Once payments are deposited, NRC will send the following information by e-mail: amount of payment, date of payment, invoice number, NRC reference number, and brief description of the payment. This e-mail notification will act in lieu of a cheque stub.
2. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - To enroll in EDI you must contact your financial institution to ensure that the account is EDI-capable. There may be a fee for this service, as the financial institution notifies its clients according to its own criteria.

Changes to bank account used

If you wish to make any changes to the bank account used for payments (change of address, financial institution, branch, account number, etc.) you must complete a new direct deposit request form. When you request one of these changes, DO NOT CLOSE the present account until you receive your payment in accordance with that change.

Completing the form

There are three sections of the direct deposit request form that must be completed by the recipient.

1 - Type of request

Please complete this section by filling out one of the two request types described below.

New request

If you choose to sign up for electronic payments with NRC, please select ''New request'' to indicate which mode of payment you wish to use: DD or EDI.

Change

If you are already registered for electronic payments with NRC and you wish to modify your banking information or mode of electronic payment, please select "Change" and select what applies to your change request.

2 - Recipient information and authorization

This section must be completed, signed and dated by the appropriate person (or persons) in order to authorize the electronic payment enrolment request, or to modify electronic payments.

If the recipient is an individual

Please enter your name, address and telephone number AS WELL AS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS so that NRC can send e-mail notices and confirm receipt of payment. Also, you must sign the form in this section in order to authorize your request.

If the recipient is an organization

Please enter the name and address of your organization and make sure to complete the ''Name of Payment Contact'' field with the name of the contact person from your organization. Please also include the contact person's telephone number AND E-MAIL ADDRESS so that NRC can send e-mail notices and confirm receipt of payment.

Also, authorized representative(s) must include their name, position, telephone number and signature, in order to authorize the request.

This section allows for up to two people to sign the form, in cases where the recipient requires two signatures for authorization to receive or modify electronic payments.

3 - Banking information

If you attach a void cheque

Please attach a void cheque and complete fields 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section. The void cheque must be from the account you wish to use for electronic payments. A sample of a void cheque is provided below identifying where the transit, financial institution and account numbers are located.

If you do not attach a void cheque

If you do not provide a void cheque, a financial institution representative must validate the banking information by completing fields 5, 6 and 7 of the form. The representative must provide the name, address and telephone number of the financial institution, bank stamp and sign the form.

Sending the form

Please mail the completed and signed form to the following address

Master Data Maintenance Officer
NRC-Information Technology and Security Services (ITSS)
1200 Montreal Road, M-60
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6

Note: Please write on the envelope: "To be opened by addressee only".

Or you may choose to scan the form and a void cheque and send it by email or by fax

Email: ITservicecentre@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Fax: 613-991-4369
Telephone: 613-990-0333