The phrase "requires becoming" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate a situation or process that requires growth or development. For example, "This job requires becoming an expert in computer programming."
This process also requires becoming familiar with the local culture, so that health facilities become places where mothers and children can exercise their rights.
Nora proposes that artistic success requires becoming "a ruthless person", in a world where girls are taught self-abnegation.
Putting It Together Finding the best fit requires becoming as systematic in the college search as enrollment managers are in doing their jobs.
That requires becoming part of a tightly coordinated "raid" group of as many as 40 other players (any fewer than that, and the entire group will almost certainly "wipe" — or die en masse without killing any monsters of note).
Participation requires becoming a registered Yahoo! user and is an introduction to shopping on Yahoo!
It also requires becoming aware of and responsive to societal controversies.
Next, being successful required becoming a man.
Assimilation and access to the full set of opportunities available in America required becoming a citizen.
Lake also credited Paul Graham for "beating the drum" around hardware being the next big thing for investors, and about changes in the production process that have resulted in time-to-market and investment required becoming drastically reduced vs. even just ten years ago.
As fellow HuffPost blogger Seth Shostak says, "Today, Jeopardy, Tomorrow the World!" This might require becoming self-aware, but so what?
Denham and other California Republicans said winning over Hispanic voters who distrust their party on key issues such as jobs, the economy, healthcare and education would require becoming a more consistent presence in Hispanic communities and putting a more empathetic face on a party often viewed as out of touch with minorities' concerns.
