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. 1 (also quill feather) Any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird. Example sentences. 1  Outside the banquet hall there was a small oak table, upon which rested a yellowed parchment and a droopy quill of some exotic bird..2 (also quill pen) A pen made from a main wing or tail feather of a large bird by pointing and slitting the end of the shaft: he leant over his writing desk, quill in hand. More example sentences.