Title: Director for Proposal Development

Email: vcn@mailbox.sc.edu

Office: 1430 Senate Street, 309C

 

 

 

 

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Education

B.A., Journalism, University of South Carolina

M.Ed. College Student Personnel, Virginia Tech

Ph.D. Higher Education Leadership Studies, Capella University

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As the Director for Proposal Development, Vanessa Nelson-Reed supports university faculty by offering concierge research development services as they prepare for submission.  She and her staff of grant writers assist with the comprehensive and enhanced research development services for the Carolina Grants and Innovation Hub.

Before this role, Reed served as director of federal programs for Colleton County school district in Walterboro, South Carolina. She has served as the grant writing certificate program instructor at USC’s Office of Continuing Education and Conferences since 2011. Reed earned her Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of South Carolina, her master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Virginia Tech and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership Studies from Capella University.