Perform Europe is a European Commission–supported funding scheme dedicated to the performing arts, designed to address structural imbalances in how work travels across borders. Rather than simply subsidizing tours, the programme asks applicants to interrogate the conditions of circulation itself—who gets to tour, under what terms, and with what ecological and economic consequences. The 2026–2028 cycle continues this mandate, with the Funding and Tenders Portal serving as the single entry point for submission. The programme operates at a pan-European scale, with eligibility and partnership requirements defined by the Commission's funding framework. Successful projects typically involve transnational consortia of artists, presenters, and intermediaries working across at least two participating countries. The grant supports the development and delivery of performance work, but its deeper curatorial proposition is methodological: it rewards proposals that treat distribution, audience relation, and touring infrastructure as creative material rather than administrative afterthought. For practitioners, the value of Perform Europe lies in its capacity to fund the connective tissue of a career—the partnerships, residencies, and presentation contexts that allow work to reach audiences beyond its point of origin. The programme is not a prize and does not confer institutional validation in the manner of a biennial or a major award. It is a production and mobility instrument, and it should be approached as such: with a clear-eyed understanding of what cross-border collaboration demands in terms of time, administration, and shared authorship.