AERA is flexible on research project dates, depending on what is best for the applicant. The earliest date a grant may start is approximately three months following the application submission. Alternatively, an award start date of several months after the review date may be requested.
If you don't know what group edit is, here is a little explanation from the help file on Edit data on multiple worksheets. When you select several worksheets and then change the data on one of them, the changes are applied to the same cells on all the selected worksheets. And a nice note that can be useful.
To change the editing options, click the system menu icon in the title bar, and then select either Defaults to change the settings for all instances of that window, or Properties to change the current window only. Click the Options tab, and then select Quick Edit Mode in the Edit Options group box. Activation method. Changes made in the Properties dialog box are effective immediately. Changes made either in the Defaults dialog box or in the registry are effective the next time you open a console window.