(of a project, activity, etc.) provided with funding by a particular organization or body
in the past, sponsored research made up two-thirds of the budget
a government-sponsored report on urban regeneration
denoting a fundraising event or activity in which each participant obtains promises from sponsors to donate a certain amount of money for the participant's completion of the activity
he's gearing up to take part in a 14-mile sponsored walk to raise money for a local animal charity
provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out)
Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme
introduce and support (a proposal) in a legislative assembly
a Labour MP sponsored the bill