The phrase "authorized a study" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when indicating that someone has given official permission or approval for a study to be conducted.
Example: "The committee authorized a study to assess the impact of climate change on local wildlife."
Alternatives: "approved a study" or "sanctioned a study."
The commission authorized a study that showed that in Illinois, you are more likely to receive the death penalty if you are white — two and a half times as likely.
He said he has authorized a study of health insurance rates after receiving numerous complaints about rising costs.
It is my strong belief that we need to pay our chancellors within a competitive range". The regents agreed and authorized a study on increasing all chancellors' pay to competitive levels over three years.
On 31 May 1967 the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara authorized a study aimed at determining what would be required to get New Jersey reactivated in her present condition, and when the results of the submitted study proved favorable toward the reactivation he took action.
Mr. Kean has been pushing his own legislation -- languishing in committees -- authorizing a study of municipal, county and state governments.
One bill, authorizing a study on drugs for children with attention deficit disorder, was vetoed in 2010.
The commission has power to authorize a study but not to lift a 25-year-old state ban on uranium mining enacted by the General Assembly soon after the uranium was discovered.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D., N.Y., offered an amendment to authorize a study of whether investment advisers should be subject to regulation by an SRO.
This week, they published a statement objecting to FAA Reauthorization Section 744, which would authorize a study of single-pilot operations for cargo airlines, with autonomous technology serving as a virtual first-officer.
Last year, LePage vetoed legislation authorizing a study on climate change and actions the state should take to prepare for it.
Ashford, though he signed a letter indicating support for Keystone, also voted to authorize a study of the environmental impacts of the pipeline.
