The bioenergysite website reports that the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG, in the United States) awarded a grant to the Michigan State University (MSU) Extension, to "look into the feasibility of planting crops that could be used for biofuels on non-traditional croplands such as Michigan roadways, vacant lots and state-owned pieces of land". One component of the research is the mapping of non-traditional crop land areas within Michigan State for growing energy crops. According to Charles Gould, an MSU Extension educator, "We're looking at the side of roads, we're looking at airports, we're looking at brownfields, vacant lots, really anything that currently is growing weeds. Research also will be conducted on the types of energy crops that could be grown and the economic costs and benefits of growing the crops on nontraditional land". Among the expected outputs of the research (which is scheduled to finish by September 2010) are: (1) a Geographic Information System (GIS) that shows the potential growth sites for bioenergy crops, and (2) a report which will contain an estimate of available land areas that are available for bioenergy crop production, and an assessment of the potential barriers and issues..