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
2026 OTS Grant Application Meeting Presentation Deck
WATCH: 2025 OTS Grant Application Workshop Webinar
Applications
The Federal Fiscal Year 2026 application period is closed. The Federal Fiscal Year 2027 application period will open in December 2025.
Registered Users
Click the image below to login.
*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.
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
