"gear efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to direct effort towards an activity or goal. You can use this phrase whenever you want to describe someone directing their efforts towards something. Example: The team decided to gear their efforts towards finishing the project on time.
The work is at the near maximal intensity he might adopt in a prologue time trial, followed immediately by what amounts to weight training on the bike, a big-gear effort at low-pedal revolutions, at close to breaking point, all at an oxygen-deprived altitude between 1500m and 2,200m.
Because of league tables, schools almost have no choice but to gear their efforts towards results.
33 In addition, government must gear up efforts at encouraging funding from both local and international bodies.
As part of a broad strategy to develop Singapore into a vibrant biomedical hub, EDB and A*STAR are gearing up efforts to sustain the growth of this industry through continual strengthening of the technology base, development of innovative R&D, and the enhancement of workforce capabilities.
Sony could swoop in and capitalize on any doubt produced by Google's walking back of the Glass Explorer program to take an early lead in this market, especially if it gears its efforts towards serving the niche industrial, enterprise and healthcare applications where Glass was showing a lot of promise.
UNICEF gears up efforts to earthquake-stricken Haiti On the afternoon of 12 January, Haiti was already struggling with myriad misfortunes.
"It's a gear-intensive effort," Dr. Staley said.
WASHINGTON — Senator Robert Menendez sought to discourage any plan by the United States government to donate port security equipment to the Dominican Republic, citing concern that the advanced screening gear might undermine efforts by a private company — run by a major campaign contributor and friend of his — to do the work.
Old miners' lamps, colliery cages and modern protective gear illustrate the efforts devoted to improving safety underground.
He expressed concern that providing the screening gear might undermine efforts by an unnamed private company — the one run by his friend and benefactor — to get that work.
