EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in the
Registration  Statement  (Form S-3 No.  333-00000)  and  related  Prospectus  of
Convera Corporation for the registration of 5,555,556 shares of its common stock
and to the  incorporation by reference  therein of our report dated February 18,
2005,  except for Note 17, as to which the date is March 23, 2005,  with respect
to the consolidated  financial  statements and schedules of Convera  Corporation
included in its Annual  Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  January 31, 2005,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

McLean, Virginia
August 3, 2005