AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 28, 2017
1933 Act File No. 002-97596
1940 Act File No. 811-04297
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___ [   ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 142 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 143 [X]
VANECK FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(212) 293-2000
Registrant’s Telephone Number
Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Alison M. Fuller, Esq. Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP 1250 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective: (check appropriate box)
[ X ]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[     ]	On [date] 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.
If appropriate, check the following box:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 142/143, to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 28^TH day of April, 2017.

VANECK FUNDS

By:	/s/ Jonathan R. Simon
Name:	Jonathan R. Simon
Title:	Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

/s/ Jan F. van Eck* Jan F. van Eck	Chief Executive Officer and President	April 28, 2017
/s/ John J. Crimmins* John J. Crimmins	Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer	April 28, 2017
/s/ Jane DiRenzo Pigott* Jane DiRenzo Pigott	Trustee	April 28, 2017
/s/ Jon Lukomnik* Jon Lukomnik	Trustee	April 28, 2017
/s/ Wayne H. Shaner* Wayne H. Shaner	Trustee	April 28, 2017
/s/ R. Alastair Short* R. Alastair Short	Trustee	April 28, 2017
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger* Richard D. Stamberger	Trustee	April 28, 2017
/s/ Robert L. Stelzl* Robert L. Stelzl	Trustee	April 28, 2017

*By:	/s/ Jonathan R. Simon
	Jonathan R. Simon
	Attorney-In-Fact
	April 28, 2017

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase