The initial peer review will be organized by participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). ICs may work together to cluster the review of K99/R00 Award applications that involve common areas of science relevant to the missions of multiple ICs.
Quillwork is a form of textile embellishment traditionally practiced by Native Americans that employs the quills of porcupines as an aesthetic element. Quills from bird feathers were also occasionally used in quillwork.
1. countable noun. 1  A quill is a pen made from a bird's feather. 2  A bird's quills are large, stiff feathers on its wings and tail. 3  The quills of a porcupine are the long sharp points on its body. 4  any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird. 5  the long hollow central part of a bird's feather; calamus.