The phrase "target the efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe a situation in which a particular set of activities are directed or focused on a particular goal. For example, "We have been working hard to target our efforts to achieve this goal."
Please don't patronise us by targeting the efforts of the marketing experts on us.
In Damascus, a statement by a "media source," quoted by the official news agency, SANA, condemned the assassination on Wednesday as an act that "targets the efforts and endeavors exerted by Syria and others to achieve the Lebanese national accord".
GBS and similar techniques such as RAD-Seq [ 6] are reduced representation approaches that use restriction enzymes to target the sequencing effort to a fraction of the genome.
In 2010, the company launched the site KochFacts.com to rebut critical reporting, much of which targeted the brothers' efforts to roll back environmental regulations and their outsized role in U.S. electoral politics.
About half a dozen efforts target the agency's regulatory authority, including a House budget "rider" that would block the implementation of carbon rules for power plants.
Based on our findings, OPV commercialization efforts should target the experienced, impatient user who highly values design and functionality.
One US alcohol industry document clearly indicates that its publicity efforts would target the changing drinking practices in Hong Kong.
Additionally, monoclonal antibody targets are being developed in an effort to target the tumor cells extracellularly.
This distinction is made in an effort to target the specific form of iteration that is observable in research.
Professor Cani suggested that gut peptides such as this could be another target in the efforts to reduce metabolic disease.
