diff --git a/docs/running/cliOptions.rst b/docs/running/cliOptions.rst
index e4a8a96ecc..c5f678c1b3 100644
--- a/docs/running/cliOptions.rst
+++ b/docs/running/cliOptions.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ levels in toil are based on priority from the logging module:
                         'h_vmem=MEMORY' to the qsub call, and instead rely on
                         TOIL_GRIDGENGINE_ARGS to supply alternative arguments.
                         Requires that TOIL_GRIDGENGINE_ARGS be set.
+  --memoryIsProduct
+                        If the batch system understands requested memory as a product of the requested
+                        memory and the number of cores, set this flag to properly allocate memory. This
+                        can be fairly common with grid engine clusters (Ex: SGE, PBS, Torque).
   --runCwlInternalJobsOnWorkers
                         Whether to run CWL internal jobs (e.g. CWLScatter) on
                         the worker nodes instead of the primary node. If false
diff --git a/src/toil/batchSystems/abstractGridEngineBatchSystem.py b/src/toil/batchSystems/abstractGridEngineBatchSystem.py
index 7a1a9d9bca..5f7d570ccd 100644
--- a/src/toil/batchSystems/abstractGridEngineBatchSystem.py
+++ b/src/toil/batchSystems/abstractGridEngineBatchSystem.py
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ def createJobs(self, newJob: JobTuple) -> bool:
                     len(self.runningJobs) < int(self.boss.config.max_jobs):
                 activity = True
                 jobID, cpu, memory, command, jobName, environment, gpus = self.waitingJobs.pop(0)
-
+                if self.boss.config.memory_is_product and cpu > 1:
+                    memory = memory // cpu
                 # prepare job submission command
                 subLine = self.prepareSubmission(cpu, memory, jobID, command, jobName, environment, gpus)
                 logger.debug("Running %r", subLine)
diff --git a/src/toil/batchSystems/options.py b/src/toil/batchSystems/options.py
index b33f9971fb..bfab8e5718 100644
--- a/src/toil/batchSystems/options.py
+++ b/src/toil/batchSystems/options.py
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ def add_all_batchsystem_options(parser: Union[ArgumentParser, _ArgumentGroup]) -
              "systems such as gridengine, htcondor, torque, slurm, and lsf."
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument('--memoryIsProduct', dest='memory_is_product', default=False, action="store_true",
+                        help="If the batch system understands requested memory as a product of the requested memory and the number"
+                             "of cores, set this flag to properly allocate memory.")
+
     for name in get_batch_systems():
         # All the batch systems are responsible for adding their own options
         # with the add_options class method.
diff --git a/src/toil/common.py b/src/toil/common.py
index 5c4083eefe..62a052be9f 100644
--- a/src/toil/common.py
+++ b/src/toil/common.py
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class Config:
     # CWL
     cwl: bool
 
+    memory_is_product: bool
+
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         # only default options that are not CLI options defined here (thus CLI options are centralized)
         self.cwl = False  # will probably remove later
@@ -417,6 +419,8 @@ def set_option(option_name: str,
         set_option("logLevel")
         set_option("colored_logs")
 
+        set_option("memory_is_product")
+
         # Apply overrides as highest priority
         # Override workDir with value of TOIL_WORKDIR_OVERRIDE if it exists
         if os.getenv('TOIL_WORKDIR_OVERRIDE') is not None:
diff --git a/src/toil/lib/aws/s3.py b/src/toil/lib/aws/s3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77cb94d56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/toil/lib/aws/s3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Regents of the University of California
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+from typing import List
+
+from mypy_boto3_s3.type_defs import ListMultipartUploadsOutputTypeDef
+
+from toil.lib.aws import session, AWSServerErrors
+from toil.lib.retry import retry
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@retry(errors=[AWSServerErrors])
+def list_multipart_uploads(bucket: str, region: str, prefix: str, max_uploads: int = 1) -> ListMultipartUploadsOutputTypeDef:
+    s3_client = session.client("s3", region_name=region)
+    return s3_client.list_multipart_uploads(Bucket=bucket, MaxUploads=max_uploads, Prefix=prefix)