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.
Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment.