The phrase "after aiming for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a subsequent action or result following a goal or target that was pursued.
Example: "After aiming for a promotion for several years, she finally received the recognition she deserved."
Alternatives: "following the pursuit of" or "after targeting".
After aiming for a June release date, the task force disagreed over a consultant's bold recommendations, and postponed its decisions until after the election.
Australia's eight golds, the same as London 2012 and the worst since 1992, put it in 10th place on the medals table after aiming for 16 gold and a top five place.
After aiming for $50,000 stretch goal mark it's hit $236,800 with 2,104 backers.
Declaring victory may be O.K. for dieters who lose 5 pounds after aiming for 15, but defining success downward is dicier for national goals to improve education.
Neil Young, the iconic musician who founded Pono and saw it raise over $6.2 million on Kickstarter after aiming for only $800,000, is stepping in as its new CEO as John Hamm steps down.
This is an increasingly hot space, given that Sense, a sleep tracking device that measures temperature, humidity and ambient light, raised over $2.4m after aiming for $100,000 on Kickstarter.
The bulk of Aldi's growth is also being driven by new stores: it plans to open 83 this year, and between 60 and 80 a year after that, aiming for a total of 1,000 UK shops by 2020.
SPAD measurements were taken at several time-points after anthesis, aiming for an initial reading when there was no visible difference between the NILs, and then at suitable time points thereafter as senescence progressed.
Shenzhen, the city with the second most vehicles in China after Beijing, is aiming for 2,500 electric taxis, 3,000 hybrid-electric buses and 1,000 all-electric buses by 2015.
Innovation wasn't what he was aiming for, after all; he was just trying to describe someone driving a scooter.
It is, after all, a place aiming for modernity with skills learned in a not-so-distant Communist and imperial past.
