On 26 April 2017, Daniel Nilsson received the Teacher of the Year Award at the Fire Protection Engineering Program, Lund University. The price is given out by the student association BIIF at their April meeting. Daniel har previously received the Teacher of the Year Award in 2016, 2015, 2012 and 2010. In 2009, he received the Teacher of the Year Award at the MSc Program in Risk Engineering, Lund University. Marcus Abrahamsson from the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety received the Teacher of the Year Award at the MSc Program in Risk Engineering, Lund University, for 2017.