Are you a woman who has an original idea to create a new Web site, mobile news service or other entrepreneurial initiative that offers interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and inform a particular community?

If so, the The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program may have a cool $10,000 for you. They're offering three such grants to fund women-led projects that will "rock the world of journalism."

Your venture can be a solo idea or team project, as long as it's a startup, spearheaded by women, launching within 10 months, U.S.-based, and has journalistic value. Individuals, businesses, and non-profits are all eligible to apply.

Past winning projects include:

Echo, a system of public storytelling installations in Atlanta.
Latina Voices, a news site for and by Latinas. 
Northwest Navy News, a networking site for the Puget Sound military community.

Apply Now. The application deadline is: March 31, 2009.

For more information visit: www.newmediawomen.org