The phrase "acquire a grant" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the process of obtaining funding or financial support for a project or initiative, typically from a government or organization.
Example: "Our organization aims to acquire a grant to support our community development program."
Alternatives: "obtain a grant" or "secure a grant."
In consequence, the duke of Albemarle and five others acquired a grant of the islands from Charles II in 1670, and they accepted nominal responsibility for the civil government.
Not long after, the company acquired a grant of land on Massachusetts Bay from the Plymouth Council for New England, and sent John Endecott with a small group of settlers to begin the process of establishing a colony at a place now called Salem, Massachusetts.
The seniors have also acquired a grant to promote "Car-Free Laguna". "Every time we get someone out of a car and onto a bus, it is a good thing," Mayor Pro Tem Verna Rollinger said.
In 1628 some of the investors in that effort joined with new investors to acquire a land grant for the territory roughly between the Charles and Merrimack Rivers.
By 1743, Beverley sought to acquire a land grant of 20000 acres in the Northern Neck Proprietary on the Shenandoah and the South Branch Potomac rivers from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
Augusta Read Thomas, who at 25 has already acquired a Guggenheim grant and handful of prestigious performances, including one in December of her "Glass Moon" by the Philadelphia Orchestra, has been composing since she was 5. Heidi Waleson writes on music for a variety of publications.
Every prospective network member must acquire a ticket in order to grant network access.
Our goals for this summer included cleaning up the 219 garden, and setting out planters that Betty acquired on a grant from the city.
The grant allowed Bressman to acquire a high-speed camera to record the jumping behavior.
The Cherokee's aboriginal title to the lands in question had been extinguished by the Treaty of Holston (1791), and the plaintiff seeking ejectment had acquired a state land grant from North Carolina that same year; the defendant held a state land grant from Tennessee issued in 1809.
Kinsella acquired a series of grants and scholarships that allowed him to attend University College in Dublin, where he studied physics and chemistry before receiving a degree in public administration.
