The phrase "assist an effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to helping or supporting a particular initiative or undertaking.
Example: "We are looking for volunteers who can assist an effort to clean up the local park this weekend."
Alternatives: "support an initiative" or "aid a cause".
In taped grand jury testimony played at his trial, Mr. Libby explained how top State Department officials refused in 2002 to assist an effort by Vice President Dick Cheney's office to set out new rules for United Nations weapons inspectors if they were to return to Iraq to disarm Saddam Hussein.
Japan won 3 1, with Wambach converting the fourth and only successful penalty for the U.S. Wambach's final tally for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was four goals and one assist, an effort that earned her the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot after Brazil's Marta (4 goals, 2 assists, Silver Boot) and Japan's Homare Sawa (5 goals, 1 assist, Golden Boot).
Mr. Kaiser, his staff and two subcontractors were assigned to assist a city effort to convert its welfare enrollment centers into so-called job centers, which put more of an emphasis on finding employment than simply distributing benefits for the poor.
In court papers filed yesterday, the government named Mr. Taubman as its only remaining target at Sotheby's in its continuing criminal investigation, which Ms. Brooks has now agreed to assist in an effort to reduce her sentence.
Hogan assisted a group effort to eliminate the Warrior and went on to win the Rumble, but the real story of the night was the WWE's tease of what had been unthinkable.
The latest moves by the EU, with David Cameron's government playing a leading role, to prioritise and assist a settlement are a welcome effort to reverse years of failure by the international community, dating back to 1991.
Silver job fairs, established to find jobs for people 60 and older, have mushroomed across South Korea in the past year as part of a government effort to assist a rapidly growing population of older Koreans adrift in a changing society.
Those who find themselves undertaking such a role should be mindful not to ignore their own needs and obligations in their effort to assist a loved one.
One in 1968, "The Triumph," a best seller, was an assault on the State Department's slapstick efforts to assist a mythical banana republic, Puerto Santos.
Henrik had a goal and an assist in a losing effort during the bronze medal game.
Further, ADCC may assist in effort to develop a cure for HIV-1 infection through eliminating reactivated latently infected cells, since reactivating latently infected cells alone, without immune clearance, may be insufficient (Lee, W. S., et al., 2015, Wren, L. H., et al., 2013).
