The phrase 'provoke interest in' is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to talk about something that makes someone interested in a certain topic or subject. For example, "The professor's lecture on ancient civilizations was so captivating that it provoked interest in the students to learn more about the period."
Yet while American campaigns still provoke interest in Brazil, other issues are gaining prominence.
You're making them because you want to provoke interest in the ideas and the music that you've got.
By converting one block of abandoned buildings into loft apartments or shops, he can provoke interest in the next area.
Oppenheimer isn't an easy biographical subject: the complexity, the contradictions, and the cultural breadth provoke interest in the man, while for the biographer they constitute massive practical problems.
Now it not only bans information that may create in children "the erroneous impression that traditional and nontraditional marital relations are socially equal," as an earlier draft did; it also prohibits any information that may "provoke interest" in "nontraditional sexual relations".
One is to provoke interest in "citizen space science" for, although most members of the public are not in a position to revive an old craft using the biggest radio-telescope dish on Earth, the falling cost of launches and the shrinking size of satellites that can do useful things means getting something functional into orbit can be done for as little as $50,000.
He attacked Buddhism from the perspectives of social ethics and cultural identity and provoked interest in the question of what actually constitutes the Confucian Way.
This dichotomy has provoked interest in lung cancer screening.
The success of St. Gatien provoked interest in The Rover, who was found to have been sold for £50 and was standing in Ireland at a fee of three guineas.
These benefits have provoked interest in the use of surfactant in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Growing recognition of the importance of obesity-related NAFLD and obesity-related CKD has provoked interest in the potential link between NAFLD and CKD.
