"kick start the project" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to start or initiate a project with a burst of energy or enthusiasm. Example: "We need to kick start the project with a strong marketing campaign to gain public interest."
The price tag for the country's first nuclear plants is believed to be somewhere between $2 billion and $4 billion; the Russians have agreed to lend $500m to kick-start the project.
"You want to kick-start the project, and getting that first buyer can be a challenge, since no one wants to make the first move, so you may offer some incentives.
Ryan Reynolds introduced the first proper trailer for Deadpool at a panel, which is a reworking of the hugely popular test footage that kick-started the project back into life, cut together with some insight into the superhero's backstory.
He helped me kick-start the project, and we collaborated for the first few months.
To kick-start the project, the president allocated about $100 million this year to BRAIN, spread over the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The office anticipates it may take more than a decade to fully assess Iceland's volcanic risks, but it will initially devote an estimated $2 million* over the first 3 years to kick-start the project.
Today, Google's Art Project added some new fun functionality that ties in Google+ features, and I think it's something that will really kick-start the project into new territory.
This represented the first tranche of a long-term, interest-free loan for me to kick start the bar project I had casually mentioned a few moments before.
So on the other side of the balance sheet - what about projects to kick start the economy?
So to kick start this project, I contacted the ultimate cake-making legend, Ron Ben-Israel, for some advice (and encouragement).
