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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000088053-00-000595
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000602

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KEMPER FUNDS TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001072010
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [
]		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331
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		FILING VALUES:
			FORM TYPE:		497
			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-65661
			FILM NUMBER:		648157
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			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		222 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA
				CITY:			CHICAGO
				STATE:			IL
				ZIP:			60606
				BUSINESS PHONE:		2123266200
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				MAIL ADDRESS:	
					STREET 1:		222 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA
					CITY:			CHICAGO
					STATE:			IL
					ZIP:			60606
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<TYPE>497
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>0001.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 1, 2000
<TEXT>


Kemper Research Fund

SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS
DATED JANUARY 1, 2000

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The following information replaces the information in the "Portfolio Management"
section of the Prospectus dated January 1, 2000.

Portfolio Management
The following investment professionals are associated with the fund as
indicated:

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<CAPTION>

Kemper Research Fund

Name & Title                          Joined the Fund                     Background
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<S>                                     <C>                                <C>
Joann M. Barry                        September 1999                      Joined Scudder Kemper Investments
Lead Portfolio Manager                                                    in 1995.  She began her
                                                                          investment career in 1988.
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Elizabeth D. Smith                    December 1998                       Joined Scudder Kemper Investments
Portfolio Manager                                                         in 1973.  She  began her
                                                                          investment career in 1969.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anne T. Carney                        May 2000                            Joined Scudder Kemper Investments
Portfolio Manager                                                         in 1992.  She began her
                                                                          investment career in 1988.
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</TABLE>


June 2, 2000

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                                                Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
                                                Two International Place
                                                Boston, MA 02110
                                                June 2, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

RE:      Kemper Research Fund (the "Fund"), a series of Kemper Funds Trust (Reg.
         No. 333-65661) (811-09057)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We are filing today through the EDGAR system, on behalf of the Fund,
pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, a supplement dated
June 2, 2000 to the Prospectus of the Fund dated January 1, 2000.

         Any comments or questions concerning this filing should be directed to
the undersigned at (617) 295-2560.


                                                              Very truly yours,

                                                              /s/Lauren Giudice
                                                              Lauren Giudice


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