Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS) – APPLY FOR A GRANT

The Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS) provides a more efficient and paperless system for allocating funds, application entry, budgeting, tracking expenditures and carryover, monitoring grant performance, and supporting the development of reports required by state and federal agencies. 

OTS Grant Application Resources

2025 OTS Grant Application Workshop Presentation Deck

WATCH: 2025 OTS Grant Application Workshop Webinar

Applications

The Federal Fiscal Year 2025 application period is closed. The Federal Fiscal Year 2026 application period will open in December 2024.

Registered Users

Click the image below to login.
GEMS Login Logo

*As of 6/9/2023 the URL to login into GEMS has changed. The new URL can be found by clicking the above ‘GEMS Login’ button. Please update any bookmarks you may have. 

Registration Form

CURRENT GRANTEE GEMS USERS: please reach out to your OTS Grant Coordinator for GEMS user changes.

NEW USERS APPLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME: please fill out the information below.

The person that will be applying on behalf of the agency
Email address of the registering user
Telephone number of the registering user
Title of the person that will be applying on behalf of the agency
The name of the agency being registered

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Processing time may take up to 24 hours. The registered user will receive an email from GEMS otsgemsadmin@ots.ca.gov with a link to log in.
  • Agencies/departments applying for the first time may have 1 registered user.

GEMS Resources

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