INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




  The Board of Directors
  Research Frontiers Incorporated

  We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
  (No. 33-53030, 33-86910, 333-08623, 333-34163 and 333-80575) on
  Form S-8 and (No. 333-40369 and 333-65219 ) on Form S-3 of Research
  Frontiers Incorporated of our report dated February 28, 2001 relating to the
  balance sheets of Research Frontiers Incorporated as of December 31, 2000
  and 1999 and the related statements of operations, shareholders' equity and
  cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
  31, 2000, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on
  Form 10-K of Research Frontiers Incorporated.


                              /s/ KPMG LLP
                                  KPMG LLP

  Melville, New York
  March 30, 2001