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.
Enter Edit mode. To start working in Edit mode, do one of the following: Double-click the cell that contains the data that you want to edit. This starts Edit mode and positions the cursor in the cell in the location that you double-clicked. The cell contents are also displayed in the formula bar.