Welcome to Navigating Open Research – A Guide for Early Career Researchers. This guide is designed to help you at each stage of your research journey. From preparing your research project and discovering relevant resources (Section 1) toresearch data management and reproducibility (Section 2), writing and publishing (Section 3), sharing and publishing data (Section 4), licensing your work (Section 5) and communicating your research (Section 6) every chapter provides you with practical tips that can be implemented immediately. The focus of this guide is Open Research. Research outputs such as journal articles and book chapters are often locked behind expensive paywalls. Research data, methods, or procedures may not be accessible to others at all. Open Research aims to make scholarly outputs openly available, accessible, and reusable for everyone, and to promote collaboration for the benefit of research and society. Openness guarantees better documented and more substantiated research. Open Research is also endorsed and promoted by Irish research funders and is embedded in many institutional policies. The National Open Research Forum has produced a National Action Plan for Open Research which aims to establish a culture of Open Research and envisages 100% open access to research publications in Ireland by 2030. As you begin your research, use this guide to start a conversation about Open Research with your supervisor, colleagues and peers. Remember that Open Research is a journey, and you are not alone. There are fellow researchers, colleagues and support staff at your institutional library who will help you out along the way. The Future is Open !