Abstract: Applied scientific research is an important way for applicationoriented universities to serve local economic development.The organizational transformation of local newlybuilt colleges and universities from the aspects of planning，resources and structure can promote the development of applied scientific research.Based on the survey data of “the transformation and development of local colleges and universities” from the Institute of Economics of Education of Peking University，this study adopts the methods of multiple linear regression， binary logistic regression and shapleys decomposition method，the findings are as follows:the indepth organizational transformation at the university level has a significant impact on the teachers belief that the universitys scientific research orientation is applicationoriented;only by the systematic coordination and transformation of university and schools can effectively change teachers scientific research to applicationoriented;organizational transformation has little influence on increasing the proportion of teachers applied scientific research projects，but university can effectively increase the proportion of teachers applied scientific research projects by providing laboratories or corresponding facilities for scientific research.

Key words: organizational transformation, applied scientific research, scientific research orientation, scientific research support