The aim of this article is to point out on the level of research and development support within Slovak universities. In the article authors highlight the fact that the indicators evaluating the level of research and development potential of the particular country are greatly influenced by current situation in the area of Slovak research and development support. Recently Slovak academic and science-research institutions are focused on better application of university knowledge and results of research and development into practice, inter alia, by the implementation of institutional support within the universities. In the end of the article, authors therefore present an example of Center for Technology Transfer working at the University of Zilina and its role as the tool for institutional support for applied research.