diff --git a/IPython/config/default/ipclusterz_config.py b/IPython/config/default/ipclusterz_config.py
index 18deff9..855bfbb 100644
--- a/IPython/config/default/ipclusterz_config.py
+++ b/IPython/config/default/ipclusterz_config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ c = get_config()
 # - Start as a regular process on localhost.
 # - Start using mpiexec.
 # - Start using the Windows HPC Server 2008 scheduler
-# - Start using PBS
+# - Start using PBS/SGE
 # - Start using SSH
 
 
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ c = get_config()
 # - LocalControllerLauncher
 # - MPIExecControllerLauncher
 # - PBSControllerLauncher
+# - SGEControllerLauncher
 # - WindowsHPCControllerLauncher
 # c.Global.controller_launcher = 'IPython.zmq.parallel.launcher.LocalControllerLauncher'
+c.Global.controller_launcher = 'IPython.zmq.parallel.launcher.PBSControllerLauncher'
 
 # Options are:
 # - LocalEngineSetLauncher
 # - MPIExecEngineSetLauncher
 # - PBSEngineSetLauncher
+# - SGEEngineSetLauncher
 # - WindowsHPCEngineSetLauncher
 # c.Global.engine_launcher = 'IPython.zmq.parallel.launcher.LocalEngineSetLauncher'
 
@@ -136,14 +139,23 @@ c = get_config()
 # Unix batch (PBS) schedulers launchers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# SGE and PBS are very similar. All configurables in this section called 'PBS*'
+# also exist as 'SGE*'.
+
 # The command line program to use to submit a PBS job.
-# c.PBSControllerLauncher.submit_command = ['qsub']
+# c.PBSLauncher.submit_command = ['qsub']
 
 # The command line program to use to delete a PBS job.
-# c.PBSControllerLauncher.delete_command = ['qdel']
+# c.PBSLauncher.delete_command = ['qdel']
+
+# The PBS queue in which the job should run
+# c.PBSLauncher.queue = 'myqueue'
 
 # A regular expression that takes the output of qsub and find the job id.
-# c.PBSControllerLauncher.job_id_regexp = r'\d+'
+# c.PBSLauncher.job_id_regexp = r'\d+'
+
+# If for some reason the Controller and Engines have different options above, they
+# can be set as c.PBSControllerLauncher.<option> etc.
 
 # The batch submission script used to start the controller. This is where
 # environment variables would be setup, etc. This string is interpreted using
@@ -151,23 +163,17 @@ c = get_config()
 # number of engine and ${cluster_dir} for the cluster_dir.
 # c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_template = """
 # #PBS -N ipcontroller
+# #PBS -q $queue
 # 
 # ipcontrollerz --cluster-dir $cluster_dir
 # """
 
+# You can also load this template from a file
+# c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_template_file = u"/path/to/my/template.sh"
+
 # The name of the instantiated batch script that will actually be used to
 # submit the job. This will be written to the cluster directory.
-# c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_file_name = u'pbs_batch_script_controller'
-
-
-# The command line program to use to submit a PBS job.
-# c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.submit_command = 'qsub'
-
-# The command line program to use to delete a PBS job.
-# c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.delete_command = 'qdel'
-
-# A regular expression that takes the output of qsub and find the job id.
-# c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.job_id_regexp = r'\d+'
+# c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_file_name = u'pbs_controller'
 
 # The batch submission script used to start the engines. This is where
 # environment variables would be setup, etc. This string is interpreted using
@@ -180,9 +186,14 @@ c = get_config()
 # ipenginez --cluster-dir $cluster_dir$s
 # """
 
+# You can also load this template from a file
+# c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_template_file = u"/path/to/my/template.sh"
+
 # The name of the instantiated batch script that will actually be used to
 # submit the job. This will be written to the cluster directory.
-# c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.batch_file_name = u'pbs_batch_script_engines'
+# c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.batch_file_name = u'pbs_engines'
+
+
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Windows HPC Server 2008 launcher configuration
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/launcher.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/launcher.py
index 688b10b..1e8e13e 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/launcher.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/launcher.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import stat
 
 from signal import SIGINT, SIGTERM
 try:
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 
 from IPython.external import Itpl
 # from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
-from IPython.utils.traitlets import Any, Str, Int, List, Unicode, Dict, Instance
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Any, Str, Int, List, Unicode, Dict, Instance, CUnicode
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_module_path
 from IPython.utils.process import find_cmd, pycmd2argv, FindCmdError
 
@@ -62,15 +63,15 @@ except ImportError:
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-ipcluster_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
+ipclusterz_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
     'IPython.zmq.parallel.ipclusterapp'
 ))
 
-ipengine_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
+ipenginez_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
     'IPython.zmq.parallel.ipengineapp'
 ))
 
-ipcontroller_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
+ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path(
     'IPython.zmq.parallel.ipcontrollerapp'
 ))
 
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ class LocalProcessLauncher(BaseLauncher):
 class LocalControllerLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
     """Launch a controller as a regular external process."""
 
-    controller_cmd = List(ipcontroller_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    controller_cmd = List(ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments to ipcontroller.
     controller_args = List(['--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True)
 
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ class LocalControllerLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
 class LocalEngineLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
     """Launch a single engine as a regular externall process."""
 
-    engine_cmd = List(ipengine_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    engine_cmd = List(ipenginez_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments for ipengine.
     engine_args = List(
         ['--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ class MPIExecLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
 class MPIExecControllerLauncher(MPIExecLauncher):
     """Launch a controller using mpiexec."""
 
-    controller_cmd = List(ipcontroller_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    controller_cmd = List(ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments to ipcontroller.
     controller_args = List(['--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True)
     n = Int(1, config=False)
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ class MPIExecControllerLauncher(MPIExecLauncher):
 
 class MPIExecEngineSetLauncher(MPIExecLauncher):
 
-    program = List(ipengine_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    program = List(ipenginez_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments for ipengine.
     program_args = List(
         ['--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True
@@ -494,18 +495,18 @@ class SSHLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
     ssh_args = List(['-tt'], config=True)
     program = List(['date'], config=True)
     program_args = List([], config=True)
-    hostname = Str('', config=True)
-    user = Str('', config=True)
-    location = Str('')
+    hostname = CUnicode('', config=True)
+    user = CUnicode('', config=True)
+    location = CUnicode('')
 
     def _hostname_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if self.user:
-            self.location = '%s@%s' % (self.user, new)
+            self.location = u'%s@%s' % (self.user, new)
         else:
             self.location = new
 
     def _user_changed(self, name, old, new):
-        self.location = '%s@%s' % (new, self.hostname)
+        self.location = u'%s@%s' % (new, self.hostname)
 
     def find_args(self):
         return self.ssh_cmd + self.ssh_args + [self.location] + \
@@ -530,13 +531,13 @@ class SSHLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
 
 class SSHControllerLauncher(SSHLauncher):
 
-    program = List(ipcontroller_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    program = List(ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments to ipcontroller.
     program_args = List(['-r', '--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True)
 
 
 class SSHEngineLauncher(SSHLauncher):
-    program = List(ipengine_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    program = List(ipenginez_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments for ipengine.
     program_args = List(
         ['--log-to-file','--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True
@@ -602,13 +603,13 @@ class WindowsHPCLauncher(BaseLauncher):
     # submit_command.
     job_id_regexp = Str(r'\d+', config=True)
     # The filename of the instantiated job script.
-    job_file_name = Unicode(u'ipython_job.xml', config=True)
+    job_file_name = CUnicode(u'ipython_job.xml', config=True)
     # The full path to the instantiated job script. This gets made dynamically
     # by combining the work_dir with the job_file_name.
-    job_file = Unicode(u'')
+    job_file = CUnicode(u'')
     # The hostname of the scheduler to submit the job to
-    scheduler = Str('', config=True)
-    job_cmd = Str(find_job_cmd(), config=True)
+    scheduler = CUnicode('', config=True)
+    job_cmd = CUnicode(find_job_cmd(), config=True)
 
     def __init__(self, work_dir=u'.', config=None, **kwargs):
         super(WindowsHPCLauncher, self).__init__(
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ class WindowsHPCLauncher(BaseLauncher):
         raise NotImplementedError("Implement write_job_file in a subclass.")
 
     def find_args(self):
-        return ['job.exe']
+        return [u'job.exe']
         
     def parse_job_id(self, output):
         """Take the output of the submit command and return the job id."""
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ class WindowsHPCLauncher(BaseLauncher):
 
 class WindowsHPCControllerLauncher(WindowsHPCLauncher):
 
-    job_file_name = Unicode(u'ipcontroller_job.xml', config=True)
+    job_file_name = CUnicode(u'ipcontroller_job.xml', config=True)
     extra_args = List([], config=False)
 
     def write_job_file(self, n):
@@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ class WindowsHPCControllerLauncher(WindowsHPCLauncher):
 
 class WindowsHPCEngineSetLauncher(WindowsHPCLauncher):
 
-    job_file_name = Unicode(u'ipengineset_job.xml', config=True)
+    job_file_name = CUnicode(u'ipengineset_job.xml', config=True)
     extra_args = List([], config=False)
 
     def write_job_file(self, n):
@@ -757,24 +758,38 @@ class BatchSystemLauncher(BaseLauncher):
 
     # Subclasses must fill these in.  See PBSEngineSet
     # The name of the command line program used to submit jobs.
-    submit_command = Str('', config=True)
+    submit_command = List([''], config=True)
     # The name of the command line program used to delete jobs.
-    delete_command = Str('', config=True)
+    delete_command = List([''], config=True)
     # A regular expression used to get the job id from the output of the 
     # submit_command.
-    job_id_regexp = Str('', config=True)
+    job_id_regexp = CUnicode('', config=True)
     # The string that is the batch script template itself.
-    batch_template = Str('', config=True)
+    batch_template = CUnicode('', config=True)
+    # The file that contains the batch template
+    batch_template_file = CUnicode(u'', config=True)
     # The filename of the instantiated batch script.
-    batch_file_name = Unicode(u'batch_script', config=True)
+    batch_file_name = CUnicode(u'batch_script', config=True)
+    # The PBS Queue
+    queue = CUnicode(u'', config=True)
+    
+    # not configurable, override in subclasses
+    # PBS Job Array regex
+    job_array_regexp = CUnicode('')
+    job_array_template = CUnicode('')
+    # PBS Queue regex
+    queue_regexp = CUnicode('')
+    queue_template = CUnicode('')
+    # The default batch template, override in subclasses
+    default_template = CUnicode('')
     # The full path to the instantiated batch script.
-    batch_file = Unicode(u'')
+    batch_file = CUnicode(u'')
     # the format dict used with batch_template:
     context = Dict()
 
     
     def find_args(self):
-        return [self.submit_command, self.batch_file]
+        return self.submit_command + [self.batch_file]
     
     def __init__(self, work_dir=u'.', config=None, **kwargs):
         super(BatchSystemLauncher, self).__init__(
@@ -796,11 +811,37 @@ class BatchSystemLauncher(BaseLauncher):
     def write_batch_script(self, n):
         """Instantiate and write the batch script to the work_dir."""
         self.context['n'] = n
+        self.context['queue'] = self.queue
+        print self.context
+        # first priority is batch_template if set
+        if self.batch_template_file and not self.batch_template:
+            # second priority is batch_template_file
+            with open(self.batch_template_file) as f:
+                self.batch_template = f.read()
+        if not self.batch_template:
+            # third (last) priority is default_template
+            self.batch_template = self.default_template
+        
+        regex = re.compile(self.job_array_regexp)
+        # print regex.search(self.batch_template)
+        if not regex.search(self.batch_template):
+            self.log.info("adding job array settings to batch script")
+            firstline, rest = self.batch_template.split('\n',1)
+            self.batch_template = u'\n'.join([firstline, self.job_array_template, rest])
+        
+        regex = re.compile(self.queue_regexp)
+        # print regex.search(self.batch_template)
+        if self.queue and not regex.search(self.batch_template):
+            self.log.info("adding PBS queue settings to batch script")
+            firstline, rest = self.batch_template.split('\n',1)
+            self.batch_template = u'\n'.join([firstline, self.queue_template, rest])
+            
         script_as_string = Itpl.itplns(self.batch_template, self.context)
         self.log.info('Writing instantiated batch script: %s' % self.batch_file)
-        f = open(self.batch_file, 'w')
-        f.write(script_as_string)
-        f.close()
+    
+        with open(self.batch_file, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(script_as_string)
+        os.chmod(self.batch_file, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
 
     def start(self, n, cluster_dir):
         """Start n copies of the process using a batch system."""
@@ -817,7 +858,7 @@ class BatchSystemLauncher(BaseLauncher):
         return job_id
 
     def stop(self):
-        output = check_output([self.delete_command, self.job_id], env=os.environ)
+        output = check_output(self.delete_command+[self.job_id], env=os.environ)
         self.notify_stop(dict(job_id=self.job_id, output=output)) # Pass the output of the kill cmd
         return output
 
@@ -825,18 +866,26 @@ class BatchSystemLauncher(BaseLauncher):
 class PBSLauncher(BatchSystemLauncher):
     """A BatchSystemLauncher subclass for PBS."""
 
-    submit_command = Str('qsub', config=True)
-    delete_command = Str('qdel', config=True)
-    job_id_regexp = Str(r'\d+', config=True)
-    batch_template = Str('', config=True)
-    batch_file_name = Unicode(u'pbs_batch_script', config=True)
-    batch_file = Unicode(u'')
+    submit_command = List(['qsub'], config=True)
+    delete_command = List(['qdel'], config=True)
+    job_id_regexp = CUnicode(r'\d+', config=True)
+    
+    batch_file = CUnicode(u'')
+    job_array_regexp = CUnicode('#PBS\W+-t\W+[\w\d\-\$]+')
+    job_array_template = CUnicode('#PBS -t 1-$n')
+    queue_regexp = CUnicode('#PBS\W+-q\W+\$?\w+')
+    queue_template = CUnicode('#PBS -q $queue')
 
 
 class PBSControllerLauncher(PBSLauncher):
     """Launch a controller using PBS."""
 
-    batch_file_name = Unicode(u'pbs_batch_script_controller', config=True)
+    batch_file_name = CUnicode(u'pbs_controller', config=True)
+    default_template= CUnicode("""#!/bin/sh
+#PBS -V
+#PBS -N ipcontrollerz
+%s --log-to-file --cluster-dir $cluster_dir
+"""%(' '.join(ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv)))
 
     def start(self, cluster_dir):
         """Start the controller by profile or cluster_dir."""
@@ -845,14 +894,57 @@ class PBSControllerLauncher(PBSLauncher):
 
 
 class PBSEngineSetLauncher(PBSLauncher):
-
-    batch_file_name = Unicode(u'pbs_batch_script_engines', config=True)
+    """Launch Engines using PBS"""
+    batch_file_name = CUnicode(u'pbs_engines', config=True)
+    default_template= CUnicode(u"""#!/bin/sh
+#PBS -V
+#PBS -N ipenginez
+%s --cluster-dir $cluster_dir
+"""%(' '.join(ipenginez_cmd_argv)))
 
     def start(self, n, cluster_dir):
         """Start n engines by profile or cluster_dir."""
-        self.log.info('Starting PBSEngineSetLauncher: %r' % self.args)
+        self.log.info('Starting %n engines with PBSEngineSetLauncher: %r' % (n, self.args))
         return super(PBSEngineSetLauncher, self).start(n, cluster_dir)
 
+#SGE is very similar to PBS
+
+class SGELauncher(PBSLauncher):
+    """Sun GridEngine is a PBS clone with slightly different syntax"""
+    job_array_regexp = CUnicode('#$$\W+-t\W+[\w\d\-\$]+')
+    job_array_template = CUnicode('#$$ -t 1-$n')
+    queue_regexp = CUnicode('#$$\W+-q\W+\$?\w+')
+    queue_template = CUnicode('#$$ -q $queue')
+
+class SGEControllerLauncher(SGELauncher):
+    """Launch a controller using SGE."""
+
+    batch_file_name = CUnicode(u'sge_controller', config=True)
+    default_template= CUnicode(u"""#$$ -V
+#$$ -S /bin/sh
+#$$ -N ipcontrollerz
+%s --log-to-file --cluster-dir $cluster_dir
+"""%(' '.join(ipcontrollerz_cmd_argv)))
+
+    def start(self, cluster_dir):
+        """Start the controller by profile or cluster_dir."""
+        self.log.info("Starting PBSControllerLauncher: %r" % self.args)
+        return super(PBSControllerLauncher, self).start(1, cluster_dir)
+
+class SGEEngineSetLauncher(SGELauncher):
+    """Launch Engines with SGE"""
+    batch_file_name = CUnicode(u'sge_engines', config=True)
+    default_template = CUnicode("""#$$ -V
+#$$ -S /bin/sh
+#$$ -N ipenginez
+%s --cluster-dir $cluster_dir
+"""%(' '.join(ipenginez_cmd_argv)))
+
+    def start(self, n, cluster_dir):
+        """Start n engines by profile or cluster_dir."""
+        self.log.info('Starting %n engines with SGEEngineSetLauncher: %r' % (n, self.args))
+        return super(SGEEngineSetLauncher, self).start(n, cluster_dir)
+
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # A launcher for ipcluster itself!
@@ -862,7 +954,7 @@ class PBSEngineSetLauncher(PBSLauncher):
 class IPClusterLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
     """Launch the ipcluster program in an external process."""
 
-    ipcluster_cmd = List(ipcluster_cmd_argv, config=True)
+    ipcluster_cmd = List(ipclusterz_cmd_argv, config=True)
     # Command line arguments to pass to ipcluster.
     ipcluster_args = List(
         ['--clean-logs', '--log-to-file', '--log-level', str(logging.INFO)], config=True)