Here are the descriptors (or keywords) validated by the (European Research Council) ERC for submitting grant proposal. The recent addition of PE1_15 in the Mathematics panel should help when submitting more methodological projects:
PE1_14 Mathematical statistics
PE1_15 Generic statistical methodology and modelling
PE1_19 Scientific computing and data processing
even though other panels could prove equally suited for some, as in Computer Science and Informatics,
PE6_7 Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, natural language processing
PE6_10 Web and information systems, data management systems, information retrieval and digital libraries, data fusion
PE6_11 Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video)
PE6_12 Scientific computing, simulation and modelling tools
PE6_13 Bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, and natural computing
in Systems and Communication Engineering,
PE7_7 Signal processing
in Integrative Biology,
LS2_11 Bioinformatics and computational biology
LS2_12 Biostatistics
in Prevention,Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases,
LS7_1 Medical imaging for prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases
LS7_2 Medical technologies and tools (including genetic tools and biomarkers) for prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases
and in Social Sciences and Humanities,
SH1_6 Econometrics; operations research
SH4_9 Theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics
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