As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2009

Securities Act File No. 002-97596
Investment Company Act File No. 811-04297

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
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Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	o
Post Effective Amendment No. 75	x
and/or
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940	x
Amendment No. 76	x

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VAN ECK FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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335 Madison Avenue, 19^th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 293-2000
Joseph J. McBrien, Esq.
Van Eck Associates Corporation
335 Madison Avenue, 19^th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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Copy to:
Philip H. Newman, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
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IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)

________  Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
       X        On March 20, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b)
________  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
________  On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
________  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
________  On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to its Registration Statement until March 20, 2009. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 70 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on October 17, 2008, are incorporated by reference herein.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 6th day of March 2009.

VAN ECK FUNDS

                   By: /s/ Derek S. van Eck*                    

                   Derek S. van Eck

                   President and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.

/s/ Derek S. van Eck	Chief Executive Officer & President	March 6, 2009
Derek S. van Eck*
/s/ Bruce J. Smith	Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	March 6, 2009
Bruce J. Smith*
/s/ Jane DiRenzo Pigott	Trustee	March 6, 2009
Jane DiRenzo Pigott*
/s/ Jon Lukomnik	Trustee	March 6, 2009
Jon Lukomnik*
/s/ Wayne H. Shaner	Trustee	March 6, 2009
Wayne H. Shaner *
/s/ R. Alastair Short	Trustee	March 6, 2009
R. Alastair Short*
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger	Trustee	March 6, 2009
Richard D. Stamberger*
/s/ Robert L. Stelzl	Trustee	March 6, 2009
Robert L. Stelzl *
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
Jonathan R. Simon
Attorney-in-Fact

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