  The GENIUS proposal is described and some of it's physics potential is
outlined. Also in the light of the contradictive results from the DAMA and CDMS
experiments the Genius TF, a new experimental setup is proposed. The Genius TF
could probe the DAMA evidence region using the WIMP nucleus recoil signal and
WIMP annual modulation signature simultaneously. Besides that it can prove the
long term feasibility of the detector technique to be implemented into the
GENIUS setup and will in this sense be a first step towards the realization of
the GENIUS experiment.
