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.
noun. A quill being used as a pen. A quill being used as a pen. The definition of a quill is a stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail, the hollow stem of a feather or the spines from a porcupine. any of various things made from the quill of a feather, specif., a pen for writing. 2  a musical pipe made of a hollow stem, reed, or cane. 3  a weaver's spindle or bobbin. 4  a hollow shaft in certain mechanical devices. 5  Pharmacy a small roll of dried bark, as of cinchona, cinnamon, etc.