The phrase "an application for approval" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a formal request submitted for permission or endorsement from an authority or organization.
Example: "I have submitted an application for approval to the board regarding the new project proposal."
Alternatives: "a request for authorization" or "a proposal for consent."
To qualify for the label, artists must submit an application for approval by two Aboriginal leaders willing to vouch for the artists' identity and acceptance within their community.
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories said yesterday that regulators had rejected an application for approval of its bone-fracture treatment because of questions about a clinical study.
If the F.D.A. receives an application for approval of a drug after 5 p.m., he said, it records the application as having been received the next business day.
Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Chemical Industries said yesterday that they had withdrawn an application for approval of the impotence pill Uprima, once seen as a possible competitor for Viagra, which is made by Pfizer.
Attracted by the promise of low monthly payments, in late April Ms. Fahey sent an application for approval, saw $39.96 deducted from her account and then never heard back from the company.
The disclosure came as BGM kicked off an application for approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission of a recent deal that will change its ownership structure.
Last week, Merck & Company withdrew an application for F.D.A. approval of a successor to its Vioxx arthritis treatment.
Of course, thoroughgoing racists – those for whom an application for planning approval for a mosque represents an "invasion" – are probably not going to go to Hussain's show.
So the new board decided to withdraw an application for state approval to conduct open-heart surgery.
Mr. Romeo added that the Cyclone had successfully completed lab testing and that an application for F.C.C. approval had been filed in March.
Mr. Alder of the securities commission said banks that sponsored I.P.O.'s "should kick the tires hard, all four of them, before submitting an application for listing approval".
